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This section further describes how the Maryland law defines the type of people eligible for legal protection.

Special issues and protections for mobile home owners who lease or rent a site for residential use and reside in a mobile home park.

This article lists available resources for homeowners to try to avoid foreclosure.

People often wrongly assume that any discrimination by a landlord is illegal. “To discriminate” means simply to distinguish among available choices. Some of these distinctions are lawful; others are not.

You are likely to find a "contingency fee" in personal injury cases, accidental claims, property damage cases, or other cases where a large amount of money is in contention.

Children (under age 18) are deemed to be "in the need of assistance" if there is apparent abuse (physical, sexual, emotional) or neglect by a caretaker.

Rent escrow provides a process through which a tenant pays rent into a court account instead of to the landlord until the landlord makes needed repairs. You can file a petition to establish a rent escrow account in your local District Court by filling out a "Petition in Action of Rent Escrow" form.

Changes can be made to the amount of child support ordered by a court. These modifications are usually based on a "changed circumstance" of one of custodial parents.

Kinship care is commonly defined as the "full-time care, nurturing, and protection of children by relatives, members of their tribes or clans, or other adults who have a family relationship to a child."

Explanations of common lawsuits between Landlords and Tenants.

Tenant's rights when the property is sold.

Custody and visitation are the legal terms for court decisions about how the child will spend his/her time between parents (or others).

This article covers the basic laws of adoption in Maryland.