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Annulment
The legal dissolution of a marriage. In an annulment, the marriage is treated as though it never existed.
Rehabilitative Alimony
Rehabilitative alimony refers to alimony that is given to a spouse so that the spouse may “rehabilitate” herself or himself in the sense of acquiring greater earning power or training in order to become self-supporting.
Contested Divorce
A divorce where the parties are unable or unwilling to come to a mutual agreement.
Reimbursement Alimony
Reimbursement alimony, as the name implies, is designed to reimburse one spouse for expenses occurred by the other.
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.
Custodial parent
The parent who has physical custody of the children.
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.
Abandonment
When a parent leaves a child without enough care, supervision, support, or parental contact for an excessive period of time.
Temporary alimony
A type of alimony payment that is made to one spouse pending separation or divorce proceedings.
Mediation
A non-adversarial process in which a neutral third party acts to encourage and help disputing parties reach a mutually acceptable agreement. May not be a good option when domestic violence is present.
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