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How to determine whether the estate you need to file is classified as a Small Estate or as a Regular Estate.

Obtaining the will to be filed and determining the personal representative.

An introduction to Estate Management, explaining the first steps to take to administer an estate after death occurs.

If your earned income falls below certain levels, you may qualify for a reduction in taxes and possibly a refund.

Maryland law restricts reading, writing, or sending a text message, or using a handheld telephone, while operating a motor vehicle.

This article explains what a Community Development Corporation (CDC) is and sets forth some of the steps to starting one in Maryland.

An apostille is a way to authenticate documents for use outside the country where they were created. This article deals primarily with obtaining an apostille for documents issued by federal agencies for use elsewhere.

This article defines and describes the basic law of trusts.

During the tenancy, the tenant is entitled to "quiet enjoyment" of the premises.

If you are the tenant or other person with the right to possess a property, you may ask someone to leave. Even if you gave that person permission to enter the property, your guest must leave when you ask. If a guest or squatter refuses to leave, you may ask the court to issue an order to remove them by filing a "wrongful detainer" action in District Court. 

A "common law" marriage cannot be created in Maryland. However, Maryland does recognize as valid, common law marriages created outside of Maryland if the legal requirements of the other jurisdiction have been met.

This article describes workers' compensation law in Maryland.

What to do, what to give the student's new school and what to do if the transfer is denied.

This articles lists the requirements for terminating or modifying a tenancy. It also covers what happens if a tenant or landlord dies.

Under certain conditions, a state court may award a portion of one spouse's military retired pay to the other, as part of a divorce order.

View Maryland's Statutory Form Limited Power of Attorney, from Md. Code, Estates and Trusts, Section 17-203

The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) suspends certain civil obligations to enable service members to devote full attention to duty and relieve stress on the family members of the deployed servicemembers.

Driving without a license is a criminal offense. This article describes how to replace a lost license.

This article describes how to manage a Small Estate, once the necessary paperwork to start management has been filed.

You can solve many of the problems with your neighbors by following a step-by-step plan. Some of the most common are noise, property boundaries, fences, trees or blighted property.