MARYLAND WILL NO LONGER REQUIRE A CORROBORATING WITNESS FOR YOU TO GET DIVORCED - Diamant Gerstein
Effective October 1, 2016, you will not need a “witness” in court in order to get your divorce. The law appears below.
Family Law 7-101, 8-104 (HB0274/SB0359) – Family Law – Divorce – Corroboration of Testimony
Repealing a provision prohibiting a court from entering a decree of divorce on the uncorroborated testimony of the party seeking the divorce; and repealing a provision specifying that in a suit for absolute divorce on the grounds of voluntary separation a separation agreement is corroborated by the plaintiff’s testimony.