Legal Dictionary - Divorce & Child Custody

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Divorce & Child Custody

abandonment (of a child)
abandonment (of a spouse)
acknowledged father
adopt
adultery
alimony
annuity
annulment
arrearages
best interests (of the child)
child
child support
collusion
common law marriage
comparable rectitude
condonation
confinement in prison
connivance
consummation
cruelty
custodial interference
custody (of a child)
default divorce
desertion
dissolution
divorce
divorce agreement
emancipation
emergency protective order
equitable distribution
fault divorce
foreign divorce
foster care
foster child
grounds for divorce
guardian ad litem
guardianship
incompatibility
incurable insanity
interlocutory decree
irreconcilable differences
irremediable or irretrievable breakdown
joint custody
legal custody
majority
marital property
Marital Settlement Agreement
Marital Termination Agreement
marriage
martial misconduct
minor
misrepresentation
misunderstanding
no-fault divorce
palimony
paternity suit
physical custody
physical incapacity
premarital agreement
prenuptial agreement
property
provocation
QDRO
QMSCO
Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO)
Qualified Medical Child Support Order (QMSCO)
quasi-community property
restraining order
separate property
shared custody
sole custody
split custody
spousal support
stepchild
temporary restraining order (TRO)
tenancy by the entirety
tenancy in common
tenants in common
TRO
uncontested divorce
visitation rights

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