The court shall exercise its powers under §§ 8-207 through 8-213 of this subtitle:
(1) to enable any child of the family to continue to live in the environment and community that are familiar to the child; and
(2) to provide for the continued occupancy of the family home and possession and use of family use personal property by a party with custody of a child who has a need to live in that home.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 2 - Property Disposition in Annulment and Divorce
Section 8-202 - Ownership of Personal and Real Property
Section 8-203 - Marital Property -- Determination
Section 8-204 - Marital Property -- Valuation
Section 8-205 - Marital Property -- Award
Section 8-206 - Family Home; Family Use Personal Property -- Legislative Policy
Section 8-209 - Family Home; Family Use Personal Property -- Power of Court Over Order or Decree
Section 8-210 - Family Home; Family Use Personal Property -- Termination of Order or Decree
Section 8-211 - Family Home; Family Use Personal Property -- Not Evidence of Constructive Desertion
Section 8-212 - Exercise of Powers After Foreign Divorce or Annulment