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Temporary alimony
A type of alimony payment that is made to one spouse pending separation or divorce proceedings.
Joint custody
A form of child custody that grants both parents joint legal custody, joint physical custody, or both joint legal custody and joint physical custody.
Absolute divorce
A divorce in which the marriage is completely dissolved and both parties become single.
Age of Majority
Attained upon one's eighteenth birthday. However, a child support order will remain in effect beyond attainment of eighteen as long as the child continuously attends an accredited high school on a full time basis, the child is determined to be mentally or physically disabled by the court, or both parents have agreed to continue support after the age of 18 and it is incorporated in a divorce decree.
Abandonment
When a parent leaves a child without enough care, supervision, support, or parental contact for an excessive period of time.
Annulment
The legal dissolution of a marriage. In an annulment, the marriage is treated as though it never existed.
Uncontested Divorce
A divorce where both parties are able to make a mutually agreed-upon arrangement.
Paternity
The determination of who the father of a child is in order to arrange child custody and child support in the event of a divorce.
Reimbursement Alimony
Reimbursement alimony, as the name implies, is designed to reimburse one spouse for expenses occurred by the other.
No-Fault Divorce
Many states now permit "no-fault" divorces. No fault" divorce describes any divorce where the spouse suing for divorce does not have to prove that the other spouse did something wrong. All states allow divorces regardless of who is at "fault."
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