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Reimbursement Alimony
Reimbursement alimony, as the name implies, is designed to reimburse one spouse for expenses occurred by the other.
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.
Abandonment
When a parent leaves a child without enough care, supervision, support, or parental contact for an excessive period of time.
Supervised visitation
A form of visitation in which an adult supervisor must be present when the child is visiting with the non-custodial parent.
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.
Legal Separation
A court order arranging the terms (custody, support, etc.) under which a married couple will live separately. This addresses the same issues as divorce, but does not completely dissolve the marriage.
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.
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.
Buccal Swab
A recognized form of genetic testing used to determine paternity, which involves a q-tip type instrument for collecting saliva from individuals submitting to testing.
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