Our Firm is a small, family law firm in the Baltimore area that traces its roots back to 1939 and John H. Hessey, a former University of Baltimore law school dean. Today, Hessey & Hessey, P.A., is an AV-rated firm located in Baltimore, practicing extensively in Baltimore City, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Harford County, Howard County, and other counties in central Maryland.

We offer a wide range of practice areas, with primary concentration in family law. Our strategy for handling family conflict is that, although some cases invariably lead to litigation, we believe children (and parents) are best served by discussing and resolving conflicts in a positive, non-confrontational, settlement conducive manner.

Our Firm concentrates its practice in the fields of domestic relations, family law matters, and estate planning and probate, but also has an extensive practice in general general business, tax, and non-profit law. As experienced Baltimore Divorce Lawyers, our concentration in the family law area includes:

A divorce, child custody case or other family law case does not always have to be a combative and stressful experience.  Even when the issues are complex, your future is at stake and emotions are running high, we will protect your legal rights while avoiding unnecessary conflict. As skilled Baltimore Divorce Lawyers, we will guide you each step of the way.

Call Hessey & Hessey today at 866-775-6370, or complete the contact form provided on this site to schedule your free consultation.

The Importance of Child Support:

Child support covers everything a child needs, and even more, during the growth and formative years. A parent’s first and principal obligation is to support his or her minor children according to the parent’s circumstances and station in life, and children should share in the standard of living of both parents.

Thus, the amount of a child support award is more than a question of bare necessities. If the child has a wealthy parent, that child is entitled to, and therefore needs something more than the bare necessities of life. Where the supporting parent enjoys a lifestyle that far exceeds the custodial parent’s living standard, child support must to some degree reflect that more opulent lifestyle.

This is so even though, as a practical matter, the child support payments may incidentally benefit others in the custodial household whom the payor parent has no obligation to support (e.g., custodial parent owed no spousal support, adult children, or children from custodial parent's other relationships). Children are entitled to share in non-custodial parent’s elevated standard of living, despite custodial parent's lower income.

Attorney Profiles

Hurst R. Hessey

EDUCATION:

• University of Baltimore (J.D., 1979)
• Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1976)

JURISDICTIONS LICENSED IN:

• Maryland and U. S. District Court, District of Maryland
• U.S. Tax Court

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Recipient, Outstanding ADR Volunteer Award 2003
• Guest Lecturer, Ethics in Business, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland
• Member, District Court of Maryland Volunteer ADR Program, 2001 - present
• Member, Board of Directors, McKim Community Association (1995 - present and Treasurer, 1998 - present)
• Member, Board of Directors, Havre de Grace Maritime Museum (1997 - present, and President, 2001 - present)
• Member, Bar Association of Baltimore City, Maryland State and American Bar Associations, Maryland Trial Lawyers Association.

Mahlon W. Hessey, Of Counsel

EDUCATION:

• University of Baltimore (M.S., Taxation, 1981)
• University of Maryland (J.D., 1953)
• Princeton University (B.A., 1950)

JURISDICTIONS LICENSED IN:

• Maryland

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Delta Theta Phi; Lecturer on: Corporation Law, 1962-1970
• Legal Research, 1960-1962, University of Baltimore School of Law
• President, Junior Bar Association of Baltimore City, 1963-1964
• Member, Bar Association of Baltimore City, Maryland State and American Bar Associations, Maryland Trial Lawyers Association