Venue Affecting Divorce in Maryland

Venue refers to what city or county you can use to file your complaint. It is an important issue in divorce cases.It is important due to the pace of getting cases scheduled and the judge's particular orientation on custody issues. Generally as you will see below venue depends on residency and employment issues.

MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 6-201

6-201. In general

(a) Subject to the provisions of §§ 6-202 and 6-203 of this subtitle and unless otherwise provided by law, a civil action shall be brought in a county where the defendant resides, carries on a regular business, is employed, or habitually engages in a vocation. In addition, a corporation also may be sued where it maintains its principal offices in the State.


(b) If there is more than one defendant, and there is no single venue applicable to all defendants, under subsection (a), all may be sued in a county in which any one of them could be sued, or in the county where the cause of action arose.
§ 6-202. Additional actions

In addition to the venue provided in § 6-201 or § 6-203, the following actions may be brought in the indicated county:


(1) Divorce -- Where the plaintiff resides;