Divorce Glossary
Divorce is a complicated topic and there are many that can be confusing. We've created this glossary of divorce law to help you understand the many different legal topics associated with divorce cases. Please browse the list below to see definitions of many common divorce . If you don't see the term listed that you're looking for, please use our Ask A Question form and we'll do our best to add the definition to our site.
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Divorce Law Glossary
- Abandonment
- Abandonment spouse
- Ability to Pay
- Ability to Support
- Adultery
- Alimony
- Alimony Pendente Lite (APL)
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Ancillary Relief
- Annulment
- Child Custody
- Child Specialist
- Child Support
- Co-Parenting and Divorce
- COBRA
- Cohabitation
- Collaborative Attorney
- Collaborative Divorce
- Community Property
- Constructive Abandonment
- Contested Divorce
- Cruel and Inhuman Treatment
- Custodial Parent
- Dissipation
- Division of Debts
- Division of property
- Divorce
- Divorce Lawyer
- Divorce Mediation
- Divorce Settlement Agreement
- Earning Capacity
- Emancipation
- Equitable Distribution
- Family Court
- Grounds for divorce
- Guardian Ad Litem (GAL)
- Irreconcilable differences
- Irretrievable Breakdown
- Joint Custody
- Judgment for Divorce
- Legal Custody
- Lump Sum Alimony
- Marital Property
- Motion to Modify
- No fault Divorce
- Non Custodial Parent
- Order of Protection
- Paternity Test
- Physical Custody
- Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO)
- Separate Property
- Separation
- Separation Agreement
- Settlement Agreement
- Sole Legal Custody
- Spousal Support
- Uncontested Divorce
- Unemancipated Child
- Visitation
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