Maryland Online Divorce

Maryland allows you to complete your divorce without an attorney if you and your spouse can come to an agreement on what to do with your property and how you will care for any children that you may have.

Maryland Residency Requirements

To divorce in Maryland you must meet one of these two residency requirements:

• At least one of the spouses has lived in Maryland for the past 12 months; or
• At least one of the spouses currently resides in Maryland AND the grounds for divorce occurred in Maryland.

Grounds For Divorce

You must meet the specifications of one of the following grounds to divorce in Maryland:

• One-Year Voluntary Separation ("No-Fault Grounds"): We, by mutual and voluntary agreement, have lived separate and apart in separate residences, without interruption, without sexual intercourse, for more than 12 months with the express purpose and intent of ending our marriage, and there is no reasonable expectation that we will reconcile.
• Adultery: My spouse committed adultery.
• Actual Desertion: My spouse, without just cause or reason, abandoned and deserted me, without interruption for more than 12 months, with the intention of ending our marriage, and there is no reasonable expectation we will reconcile.
• Constructive Desertion: I left my spouse because his/her cruel and vicious conduct made the continuation of our marriage impossible if I were to stay to preserve my health, safety, and self-respect. This conduct was deliberate and our separation has continued without interruption for more than 12 months and there is no reasonable expectation we will reconcile.
• Criminal Conviction of a Felony or Misdemeanor: My spouse was sentenced to serve at least three years or an indeterminate sentence in a penal institution and has served 12 or more months of the sentence.
• Cruelty/Excessively Vicious Conduct Against Me or My Minor Child: My spouse has persistently treated me or my minor child cruely and has engaged in excessively vicious conduct rendering continuation of the marital relationship impossible if I am to preserve my health, safety, and self-respect, and there is no reasonable expectation that we will reconcile.
• Insanity: My spouse was confined to a mental institution or other similar institution and has been confined for 3 or more years. Two doctors competent in psychiatry will testify that the insanity is incurable and there is no hope of recovery.

Filing Your Maryland Divorce

The basic steps for filing your Maryland divorce are as follows:

1. File a Complaint for Divorce.
2. Serve your spouse and wait 30 days (60 days if served outside of MD OR 90 days if served outside of the U.S.).
3. Attend a brief hearing to finalize your divorce.

Division of property & debt, child parenting plan (including child support, visitation and custody), spousal support, and more are covered.

DivorceWriter provides forms specific to the state of Maryland and offers a money back guarantee if your documents are not accepted by the Court.

You qualify to use DivorceWriter™ to complete your Maryland divorce papers online as long as your spouse agrees and one of you meets the residency requirement.  Select "Continue" to start the interview.