Who Needs A Lawyer in Court Anyway? Part 1: Choices and Objectivity

At the risk of sounding self-serving, I am writing a series of blog posts to try to answer some of the questions I hear so often from folks trying to navigate their way alone through Maryland's family courts.

The single most important reason for you to have a lawyer helping you is that you need an objective third person to help you make informed choices about what to ask for, how to ask for it, and why.  Here is a little-known fact: even divorce and custody attorneys find themselves in court because they can't agree with their spouse or the parent of their kids.  When that happens, the best divorce lawyers don't represent themselves.  Why?  Because they know they can't be objective and they know there's no telling how the other person is going to act during their dispute.

If you are in a divorce or custody case in Maryland because you or the other person is asking the court for help because the two of you can't work out some family issue by agreement, you are already behind the eight-ball.  You need a divorce or custody lawyer to provide some balance and perspective as much as, or more than, you need the very best legal mind among divorce and custody attorneys.