Legal Question in Family Law in Maryland

Re: Divorce - Residence

You cannot get him out of the house without his cooperation until you get through the divorce case, and you would need the divorce judge to order that the home be sold through a trustee, all of which will take some time. I assume you're paying the mortgage, or the mortgage company would have foreclosed by now. So you can ask the court to award you the lion's share of the equity in the house (if any) on that basis. Your husband obviously has no incentive to move out under these circumstances. If he has any equity in the house, it's probably partially exempt from being included in the bankruptcy case. Unless you can give him a sufficient financial incentive to leave, and to agree to cooperate in a sale of the house, you're in a very difficult situation.

These issues are complicated and you will really need an experienced family law attorney to handle this for you.