Family Law
Divorce - The act of legally ending, terminating or winding up of a marriage by court order, which restores the parties to the status of unmarried persons.
Child Custody - The most basis of parents' rights with respect to their children is the right to custody, which is a cognizable and substantial right extending to all parents. The right of custody has two components: legal custody and physical custody.
Child Support - Amount of money obligated to be paid as support by the responsible parent and the manner by which it is to be paid.
Alimony - An amount given to one spouse to another while they are separated. Historically, the word "alimony" referred to monies paid while spouses were legally separated but stilled wedlocked. Where they were divorced, the monies payable were then referred to as "maintenance" but this distinction is now in disuse.
Property Division - A judgment in a divorce case determining the distribution of the martial property between the divorcing properties.
