Laura Matney, Esq.
Experienced Maryland Divorce and Custody Attorney
Attorney Laura Matney has practiced Family Law for many years in many different Courts in Maryland. She 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.
Attorney Matney has helped many parents navigate the complex Maryland Family Law system and has won Primary Residential Custody for parents in Relocation cases, both for parents relocating and for parents not wanting their children relocated.
Attorney Matney has also won Joint Custody with Equal Time-Sharing, by Trial, for many of her Clients wanting this, when this was vehemently opposed by the Other Parties.
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.
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 also obtained Court Orders for her Clients to not have to pay any child support to the Other Parent.
Matney Law Firm
Providing protective legal advice based on vast experience in Maryland Family Law courts and knowledge gained from this experience
5850 Waterloo Road
Suite 140
Columbia, MD 21045
in Central Maryland
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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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