Family law

Family law

Law that deals with family-related issues such as spousal abuse, legitimacy, adoption, surrogacy, child abuse, and child abduction.

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cohabitation

Legal services; Family law

Two people living together in an intimate relationship, without being married.

property

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Anything that is owned or can be owned, such as land, automobiles, money, stocks, etc. Sometimes you will be asked to describe real property, which means buildings or land. All other property is ...

visitation

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The right of a parent and child to contact and visit one another when the child is residing or visiting with the other parent. The law presumes that it is in the best interests of the children to ...

In some states, a marriage created by a couple holding themselves out to the public as married and living together as if they were married. Many states do not recognize common law marriage as a legal ...

temporary order

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Any order made in a case before the final order is made. These are generally short-term decisions by the judge about child support, child custody, visitation, possession of the family home, attorney ...

reply

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The name of the paper you file in reply to the other side's opposition. The reply is the third and final step in the three-step process called motion practice.