Family law

Family law

Law that deals with family-related issues such as spousal abuse, legitimacy, adoption, surrogacy, child abuse, and child abduction.

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Qualified joint and survivor annuity

Legal services; Family law

An annuity that pays out at one level for the rest of the annuity holder's life and then another level, between 50% and 100% of the original level, for the rest of the ex-spouse's life.

Notice of appeal

Legal services; Family law

The document filed with the supreme court that gives notice of your intention to appeal. This is the first step of the appellate process, and like all things filed in court, must be served on the ...

Judgement

Legal services; Family law

The official final decision of a court about the rights and claims of each side in a lawsuit. If your divorce includes an order for money to paid by one side to the other as part of the property ...

A person who is authorised to act formally for another person. The two most common ways you'll hear this word used is for an attorney-at-law and a power-of-attorney. Attorneys-at-Law are lawyers, who ...