Tag: CHILD CUSTODY
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ALIMONY / SPOUSAL SUPPORT
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Spousal Support (otherwise known as alimony or maintenance) is intended to help the supported spouse to maintain his or her accustomed (marital) standard of living, and to help ease the transition to living as a single person. Either party may be ordered to pay spousal support. No statute requires that…
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CHILD CUSTODY / VISITATION
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CUSTODY Custody can be one of the most complicated and emotional issues involved in a dissolution of marriage. Children can become a divorce’s unseen and unheard victims. The court is responsible for protecting the children’s well-being, even if doing so conflicts with the wishes of either or both of the…