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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Family law

The power of the court to make a decision. To make a decision, a court must have jurisdiction over both the people in the case and the issues being decided in the case. In family law cases, there are ...

Temporary order

Legal services; Family law

Any order made in a case before the final order is made. These are generally short-term decisions by the judge about child support, child custody, visitation, possession of the family home, attorney ...

Spousal support

Legal services; Family law

Money paid by a divorced husband or wife to the ex-spouse for personal support.

Cohabitation

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Two people living together in an intimate relationship, without being married.

Property

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Anything that is owned or can be owned, such as land, automobiles, money, stocks, etc. Sometimes you will be asked to describe real property, which means buildings or land. All other property is ...

Visitation

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The right of a parent and child to contact and visit one another when the child is residing or visiting with the other parent. The law presumes that it is in the best interests of the children to ...

Hand delivery

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Handing a document to either (1) the attorney who is representing the opposing party or the attorneys staff (2) the opposing party if he/she is self-represented at their place of residence or with a ...