# Family Law (GFL)

## Title 8. Deeds, Agreements, and Settlements Between Spouses; Property Disposition in Divorce and Annulment

### Subtitle 1. Deeds, Agreements, and Settlements Between Spouses

#### Section 8-105

(a)

  (1) The court may enforce by power of contempt the provisions of a deed, agreement, or settlement that are merged into a divorce decree.

  (2) The court may enforce by power of contempt or as an independent contract not superseded by the divorce decree the provisions of a deed, agreement, or settlement that contain language that the deed, agreement, or settlement is incorporated but not merged into a divorce decree.

(b) The court may modify any provision of a deed, agreement, or settlement that is:

  (1) incorporated, whether or not merged, into a divorce decree; and

  (2) subject to modification under Sec. 8-103 of this subtitle.

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Md. Code Ann., Fam. Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)