Family Law

4. a written request to a court to provide the applicant with relief requested therein.
7. this form of separation is identical to a dissolution of marriage but will not terminate the marriage.
8. it is a form filed with the court to show them you have served the other party.
9. the act of entering into a marriage to one person while still legally married to another.
10. this individual has been served with court documents and is required to respond to the petition.
13. they are court orders which are not permanent, they provide immediate relief on a short notice.
16. it is gross income minus all allowable deductions.
19. a percentage withheld from the debtor's wages for purposes of satisfying a judgement.
20. it is the individual who initiates the marital termination proceedings responsible for filling the petition.

1. refers to any income from any source such as employment, bonuses, rents, worker's comp, unemployment and disability insurance benefits.
2. an order of court compelling that a party refrain from performing an act or that a party undertake an act.
3. a set of written questions that are mailed to the other party which must be answer under penalty of perjury.
5. procedures utilized by parties to litigation designed to help them learn as much as they can about the other side.
6. a motion in which the responding party is not notified in advance due to the extreme urgency of the situation.
11. a proceeding whereby one party is allowed to examine the other party under oath.
12. is the parent who does not have physical custody of his minor child.
14. a party awarded physical custody of the child.
15. the place of a person's intended permanent residence.
17. it is the name of a deduction which will only be allowed in cases of extreme financial hardship.
18. an individual who commences a litigation by way of complaint also known as petitioner.