Tag: Divorce
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Temporary Order
Temporary Order in the United States In Divorce This is also sometimes called an Interim Order. It is a court order that is not permanent. It will last only until a hearing, or a final order is issued, or until some other specified event occurs. An example of a temporary order is a temporary […]
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Petition for Divorce
Petition for Divorce in the United States In Divorce This is the document that the person who wants a divorce files with the court asking for a divorce. It might also be called Petition for Dissolution of Marriage. A petition sets out the relief that the person wants the court to grant (in […]
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Petition for Divorce
Petition for Divorce in the United States In Divorce This is the document that the person who wants a divorce files with the court asking for a divorce. It might also be called Petition for Dissolution of Marriage. A petition sets out the relief that the person wants the court to grant (in […]
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Equitable Distribution
Equitable Distribution in the United States In Divorce Many states require the equitable distribution of property acquired during the marriage. This means that property and debts should be divided fairly, not equally. Several factors may be used to determine what is fair including the length […]
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Repeat Offenders
Repeat Offenders in the United States Repeat Offenders in the Criminal Justice System This section covers the topics below related with Repeat Offenders : Corrections Recidivism in relation with Repeat Offenders Juvenile Justice Juvenile Delinquency Chronic Offenders Recidivism Resources See […]
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History of Divorce
History of Divorce According to American practice, divorce is the termination by proper legal authority, sometimes legislatively but usually judicially, of a marriage which up to the time of the decree was legal and binding. It is to be distinguished from a decree of 345 nullity of […]
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Collusion
Collusion in United States Collusion Definition An agreement between two or more persons to defraud a person of his rights by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law. The act of married persons in procuring a divorce by mutual consent, whether by the preconcerted commission, […]
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Same-sex Divorce
Same-sex Divorce in the United States Same Sex Divorce in California and other States by Paul Tullis (2011) If the road to marriage for same-sex couples has been legally complicated, wait until they get divorced. Almost eight years after California’s first same-sex marriages were […]
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Nonsupport
Nonsupport in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982The failure of one spouse to furnish to the other and to their children support consistent with that person’s means. Withholding of such support is a ground for separation (in U.S. law) in […]
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Mental Cruelty
Mental Cruelty in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982A ground for divorce, consisting of behavior of one spouse toward the other, which renders conditions in life intolerable to the other spouse. Examples of such indignities are abuse, […]
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Incompatibility
Incompatibility in United States Incompatibility Definition Incapability of existing or being exercised together. Thus, the relations of landlord and of tenant cannot exist in one man at the same time in reference to the same land. Two offices may be incompatible, either from their nature or […]