Category: Divorce
Understanding the Family Court Process in Maine
If you have a matter that goes before the family court in Maine, it helps you to understand the procedures and processes that your case will go through to reach a resolution. Here, we outline the steps involved whether it concerns divorce, child support, spousal support, parenting, or another ...
Signs Your Marriage May Be Over
How can you tell if the problems you’re experiencing in your marriage are just “bumps in the road” or something more serious? Will you be able to iron out the issues together or is your marriage over? If you get five marriage therapists in a room, they are unlikely ...
What’s the Difference Between Annulment and Divorce in Maine?
Annulment and divorce are quite different concepts in Maine. Whereas most people understand that a divorce is a legal process that ends a marriage, annulment is less well understood. Essentially, annulling a marriage means that no valid marriage ever existed and it is expunged from the records. Let’s take ...
WBLM 102.9 – Ask the Attorney – Ep. 1
Ask the Attorney William Bly of The Maine Divorce Group joins the hosts of WBLM 102.9's Morning Show to discuss family law, divorce and the Johnny Depp & Amber Heard trial. If you have any questions at all, please reach out to our team of exceptional family lawyers ...
Annulment & Prohibited Marriages in Maine
Many people are unaware of the fact that there is more than one way to formally end a marriage. Everyone is familiar with divorce, but many people are unfamiliar with annulment. The only real similarity between divorce and annulment, however, is that both of these processes result in the ...
An Overview of the Guardian Ad Litem Process in Maine
Divorces are never pretty, but some circumstances are likely to make a divorce more ugly than it normally would be. One such circumstance is a “custody battle,” which occurs whenever the parties engage in a heated dispute over custody of their shared children. For obvious reasons, this type of situation ...