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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adoption | Adoption legal process that creates a parent-child relationship |
| alimony | Alimony, also called aliment, maintenance, spousal support and spouse maintenance, is a legal obligation on a person to provide financial support to their spouse before or after marital separation |
| annulment | Annulment court order that cancels a marriage because of a problem that existed from the beginning of the marriage |
| bigamist | the act of going through a marriage ceremony while already married to another person. |
| child custody | Child custody care and control of a minor |
| child support | Child support money paid by a parent to provide a child with economic maintenance |
| civil union | A civil union is a legally recognized arrangement similar to marriage, created primarily as a means to provide recognition in law for same-sex couples. |
| common-law marriage | Common-law marriage marital relationship legalized by the couple holding themselves out as husband and wife and sharing home and property for an extended period |
| dissolution | Dissolution step in termination of a partnership that precedes the winding-up process; also, term for divorce or the ending of a marriage in some states |
| divorce | Divorce court action terminating a marriage |
| marital consortium | Marital consortium mutual obligations of wife and husband undertaken to fulfill the purposes of their union |
| marriage | Marriage legal union of a man and woman as husband and wife |
| no-fault divorce | No-fault divorce is the dissolution of a marriage that does not require a showing of wrongdoing by either party |
| prenuptial agreement | Prenuptial agreement legal contract resolving property and other claims that might result from a marriage |
| separation | Separation stage in the divorce process in which the spouses maintain their marital rights and obligations but do not live together |
| void marriage | Void marriage marriage considered invalid from the beginning |
| voidable marriage | Voidable marriage valid marriage that can be terminated by one or both parties due to improper grounds |