About Mary Reinecker

A cum laude graduate of Temple University and a graduate of Widener University School of Law. I have been practicing law for over 25 years, serving my first six years as an Assistant Public Defender in the Philadelphia criminal courts. I am admitted to practice in all courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and was admitted to practice law in Maryland in 1997; the District of Columbia in 1998 and New Jersey in 2001.

After getting married I moved to the state of Maryland. Due to certain life circumstances, my marriage ended and I returned home to the Philadelphia area. I left Maryland as a single mother of two very young children, and like most separated parents, I was fearful of the prospects ahead of me.

I am fully aware of the range of emotions associated with a divorce. Denial, shock, spite, fear, and some desperation. These are normal emotions, but in time they do go away. If you truly know that your marriage is over, I am a firm believer in not staying in the marriage for the sake of the children. Children are very observant; they see and hear everything. You need to raise your children in a peaceful and loving home. You deserve to be happy and your children cannot be happy if you are not happy. Usually, young children adjust to a divorce much better than adults do. It’s important to remember that two peaceful homes are better than one stressful home.