Which is final, the court papers or the telephone call?

This happened in Maryland with my daughter. She filed for divorce due to no cohabitation for one year. The decree was prepared with both husband and wife in agreement, and sent to the Circuit Court. The lawyer who assisted them said that since there was no disagreement, noone had to show at the court date. No one did. Soon after, the court issued a paper stating that the case was dismissed because noone showed up.

Five weeks later, the court clerk called up both husband and wife. Paraphrased, what the clerk said was that the papers had reached the judges desk and he signed off on them. Thus, they were divorced - or were they?

This has caused considerable confusion since they were trying to reconcile after receiving written notice that the divorce decree fell through. What do they do next? Remember, this is in Maryland.