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Lump-Sum Alimony
Lump-sum alimony or alimony in gross refers to alimony that is a fixed payment that generally will be made regardless of circumstances that would be a basis for termination of other types of alimony.
Domestic Violence Petition
This form serves as your application for a protective order; after obtaining one from the courthouse clerk, completing and returning it, it will be reviewed by a judge.
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.
Temporary alimony
A type of alimony payment that is made to one spouse pending separation or divorce proceedings.
Residual Physical Custodial Rights
A custody agreement when one parent is awarded visitation by a pre-arranged schedule worked out between the parents or the courts.
Annulment
The legal dissolution of a marriage. In an annulment, the marriage is treated as though it never existed.
Abandonment
When a parent leaves a child without enough care, supervision, support, or parental contact for an excessive period of time.
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.
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.
Alimony
A payment made by one spouse to another pending divorce or separation.
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