Laura Matney, Esq.
Experienced Maryland Divorce and Custody Attorney
Attorney Matney has won Primary Residential Custody for both Mothers and Fathers by Trial and has also obtained court Orders for Immediate Custody on an ex parte Emergency basis in Maryland Courts.
Family Law is different within each State of The United States. Maryland Custody Law does not have any Presumption of Joint Custody or any presumption that either parent will get Custody.
Attorney Matney has also won Joint Custody with Equal Time-Sharing for many of her Clients wanting this by Trial many times in Maryland Family Law Courts, when this was vehemently opposed by the Other Parties.
Maryland Family Law is made by Maryland Family Statutes, Maryland Rules, and Maryland Case Law, as it evolves through
the Appeals Process, where some cases are published and add to Maryland Case Law. An appellate case that Attorney Matney won that was published and refined Maryland Custody Case Law
is McDermott v. Dougherty, 385 Md. 320.
Maryland Family Law gives judges much discretion in the decisions they make, where they must balance the Mother's Rights with the Father's Rights, with what they feel is in the Best Interest of each Child involved in each case.
Attorney Matney also has much experience obtaining information very helpful to Divorce and Custody cases via conducting Depositions and the rest of the Discovery process in Maryland Family Law cases.
In addition to winning Custody cases by Trial, Attorney Matney has also leveraged many favorable Settlements for her clients well before Trial in many Maryland Family Law cases, saving them the stress and expense of having to go to Trial to get what they want.
Attorney Matney has obtained Court Orders for her Clients to not have to pay any child support, and also for the Other Party to have to pay her Clients Child Support, in Maryland Child Support cases.
Matney Law Firm
Providing protective legal advice based on vast experience in Maryland Family Law Courts
and case acceptance on an unbundled basis
5850 Waterloo Road
Suite 140
Columbia, MD 21045
in Howard County, Maryland
also convenient to
Ellicott City, Clarksville, and Elkridge, MD
About 2 miles from Trader Joe's
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Attorney Matney understands how emotionally difficult and confusing going through a Custody and/or Divorce case can be, and provides
guidance in navigating through the Maryland Family Court system and helping to discern its complexities.
Winning Maryland Custody cases for Attorney Matney has been very much an Art of Advocacy rather than following a Simple Formulaic Science (as Maryland Custody Law is very much not based on any one formula that applies to all cases).
The Practice Of Law is represented by Scales due to the Judges' roles being to weigh and balance the things asserted in each case. In
Maryland Family Law cases the judges' role is to weigh and balance the rights of Mothers and Fathers, understanding that each passionately believes they are Right, and considering above either one, what is in the best interest of each Child involved.
Maryland Family Court judges may view things differently than one may assume. It is in the best interest of those wanting to obtain a court Order for Custody to get advice from an attorney, who has much experience litigating in Maryland Family Courts hearing many Maryland Family Judges' points of views, before acting further.
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