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Law Chapter 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adoption | Legal process that creates a parent-child relationship. |
| Alimony | A legal obligation on a person to provide financial support to their spouse before or after marital separation or divorce |
| Annulment | Court order that cancels a marriage because of a problem that existed from the beginning of the marriage. |
| Bigamest | A person who enters into a legal marriage while still legally married to another. |
| Child Custody | Care and control of a minor. |
| Child Support | Money paid by a parent to provide a child with economic maintenance. |
| Civil Union | A legally recognized arrangement similar to marriage |
| Common-law Marriage | Martial relationship legalized by the couple holding themselves out as husband and wife and sharing a home and property for an extended period. |
| 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 | Court action terminating a marriage. |
| Martial Consortium | Mutual obligations of wife and husband undertaken to fulfill the purposes of their union. |
| Marriage | Legal union of two people as spouses. |
| No-fault Divorce | The dissolution of a marriage that does not require a showing of wrongdoing by either party |
| Prenuptial Agreement | Legal contract resoling property and other claims that might result from a marriage. |
| Separation | Stage in the divorce process in which the spouses maintain their marital rights and obligations but do not live together. |
| Void Marriage | Marriage considered invalid from the beginning. |
| Voidable Marriage | Valid marriage that can be terminated by one or both parties due to improper grounds. |