When a minor (under the age of 18) or disabled person comes into property, a guardian of that property is appointed. It is typically a family member, and it is important that such a guardian be familiar with the rules regarding what can be done with the estate (the property over which the guardian has control). Those rules are not …

Now that winter is (with any luck) finally coming to an end, hopefully so will the difficulties of navigating snowy or icy parking lots. In our litigious society, a common type of civil lawsuit is the “slip and fall” case, where someone falls and attempts to collect damages from the parking lot owner or the plow company. Maryland’s highest court …

One of the common sayings we lawyers hear about the law is that “ignorance of the law is no excuse.” Like most such sayings the truth is usually more complicated than that, but sometimes such sayings are right on the money. This was illustrated recently by the opinion of Maryland’s Court of Appeals in State of Maryland Central Collection Unit …

From time to time we hear the story of the spouse who is leading a double life, perhaps stealing or engaging in other activity to fund a lavish life style unbeknownst to his or her spouse. A real life example of this was addressed by Maryland’s intermediate appellate court this week in the case of Bank of America Corporation v. …