Section 8-203 - Marital property - Determination. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-203. Marital property - Determination.
 

(a)  Time of court action.- In a proceeding for an annulment or an absolute divorce, if there is a dispute as to whether certain property is marital property, the court shall determine which property is marital property: 

(1) when the court grants an annulment or an absolute divorce; 

(2) within 90 days after the court grants an annulment or divorce, if the court expressly reserves in the annulment or divorce decree the power to make the determination; or 

(3) after the 90-day period if: 

(i) the court expressly reserves in the annulment or divorce decree the power to make the determination; 

(ii) during the 90-day period, the court extends the time for making the determination; and 

(iii) the parties consent to the extension. 

(b)  Consideration of military pension.- In this subtitle, a military pension shall be considered in the same manner as any other pension or retirement benefit. 

(c)  Exclusion of family home and family use personal property.- Repealed. 
 

[CJ §§ 3-6A-05, 3-6A-07; 1984, ch. 296, § 2; 1986, ch. 174; 2004, ch. 457.]