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Divorce is the legal process to end a marriage. Any spouse can decide to initiate a divorce even if the other spouse does not want one.

There are two types of child custody: 1) Legal Custody; and 2) Physical Custody. Legal Custody is the right to make decisions concerning the health, education, and welfare of a child.

When a couple separates, the court may order one spouse to pay the other a certain amount of money to . . .

Domestic Violence Restraining Orders are made to prevent further abuse. They are available to a party when he or she has suffered . . .

Legal Separation is the final determination of each party’s marital rights and responsibilities. It is almost exactly the same as a Divorce except . . .

Visitation is the plan for how parents will share time with their children. A parent who has the children less than . . .

Child support is the amount of money that a court orders a parent to pay each month to help support his or her children.

Adoption is the legal process of establishing a legal parent‑child relationship when the adopting parent is not the child’s biological or birth parent.

An annulment (or nullity of marriage) is when a court determines a marriage is NOT legally valid.

A Court can grant reasonable visitation with a grandchild if it finds that . . .

All Court orders, where there is no final determination, can be modified. Even when there has been a final determination, there are certain exceptions.

Collaborative law and arbitration are alternative legal procedures for couples who have decided to end their marriage and do not want to go to court.

Domestic partnerships are very similar to a marriage. They are available for heterosexual couples 65 or older and same sex couples of any age.

A Paternity Judgment determines who are a child’s legal parents. Establishing paternity is required before any child custody, visitation, or support orders can be made.

Obligations created by a family law judgment or order are not dis-chargeable in bankruptcy or extinguished by the passage of time.

Representation by an attorney in a divorce from start to finish is not always financially possible or desired. Today’s legal consumers want alternatives.