Legal Question in Family Law in Maryland

Re: Being served

It is important that you provide a proper defense to this divorce/custody matter - otherwise, the court can order that your husband gets full custody and you will get no visitation and have to pay him child support. We cannot take the case for free, but we do have attorneys at reasonable rates. Please call to arrange a consultation. Thank you.

Re: Being served

If you don't exercise your rights by asking for visitation with your daughter, you won't get them. At 15, she's old enough to decide for herself whether she wants to have a relationship with you.

Most county bar associations have lawyer referral programs that will refer you to lawyers who accept clients on a reduced fee basis if they income qualify. You can find the number of the bar association in your county (or in the county where the court papers are filed if different) in the phone book. I suspect that if you file an answer to the complaint requesting visitation rights, your husband won't fight this. The reason you suggested for why he's preventing contact with your daughter makes no sense.

Of course, he might ask for child support, which you're probably not paying now. And you do have a duty to support your daughter until she's 18 or finishes high school.