family court
Family court (often referred to as domestic courts) is a court of limited jurisdiction that hears cases involving family law. For example, family courts typically hear cases involving divorce, child custody, and domestic abuse.
Family court (often referred to as domestic courts) is a court of limited jurisdiction that hears cases involving family law. For example, family courts typically hear cases involving divorce, child custody, and domestic abuse.
Family law, also referred to as domestic relations in many states, is the broad body of law that covers marriage, divorce, child custody, adoption, domestic violence, reproductive rights, and other matters regarding famil
A foreign divorce is a divorce granted in a different jurisdiction or country from the one in which a spouse resides.
[Last reviewed in July of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team]
The grounds for divorce are the legally acceptable reasons for a divorce. In the U.S., the majority of the states are no-fault divorce states, yet some states still require an individual who files for the divorce to provide why they are choosing to do so.
Impotence or impotency means the physical incapacity to copulate. Impotence usually refers to a person's, typically a man’s, inability to consummate the marriage. Impotence could provide valid grounds for annulment of marriage if such a condition existed at the time of marriage.
Incompatibility refers to persistent and unresolvable differences or irreconcilable conflicts between spouses that make it impossible to continue living together as spouses.
To be incompatible means that there are persistent and unresolvable differences or irreconcilable conflicts between spouses that make it impossible to continue living together as spouses.
Incurable Insanity is a legal grounds for obtaining a divorce under family law. In Scott v.
A non-final judgment made by a court between the time of filing and before there is a final judgment made.