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Question | Answer |
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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 |