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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="8-208" title_number="8" title_name="Deeds, Agreements, and Settlements Between Spouses; Property Disposition in Divorce and Annulment" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Property Disposition in Annulment and Divorce">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>When the court grants an annulment or a limited or absolute divorce, regardless of how the family home or family use personal property is titled, owned, or leased, the court may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>decide that one of the parties shall have the sole possession and use of that property; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>divide the possession and use of the property between the parties.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The court may exercise these powers pendente lite.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In awarding the possession and use of the family home and family use personal property, the court shall consider each of the following factors:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the best interests of any child;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the interest of each party in continuing:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>to use the family use personal property or any part of it, or to occupy or use the family home or any part of it as a dwelling place; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>to use the family use personal property or any part of it, or to occupy or use the family home or any part of it for the production of income; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any hardship imposed on the party whose interest in the family home or family use personal property is infringed on by an order issued under §§ 8–207 through 8–213 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The court may order or decree that either or both of the parties pay all or any part of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>any mortgage payments or rent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>any indebtedness that is related to the property;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the cost of maintenance, insurance, assessments, and taxes; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>any similar expenses in connection with the property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An order giving a party the sole possession and use of the family home under subsection (a) of this section does not affect the right of the other party to claim the family home as that party’s principal residence for tax purposes.</text>
  </level>
</section>
