Legal Question in Family Law in Maryland

Re: Divorced?

It's possible but unlikely. When someone files for divorce, and there are no issues regarding children, property division or alimony, they can "serve" the defendant with the divorce papers by posting a notice in a local newspaper IF they are unaware of the defendant's whereabouts and thus can't send them the papers directly. They must get a court order permitting this kind of procedure after establishing their inability to find the defendant for service. So if this is what happened and your boyfriend didn't see the notice in the paper, and was not in contact with the ex, she could have filed after 2 years of separation under MD law and gotten the divorce by now. If he can't contact her to verify this, he can go to the courthouse where she would have filed and check the court records.