In the context of law, the term mental cruelty is usually used as a ground for a court to grant a party divorce. Mental cruelty means a course of unprovoked and abusive misconduct towards one’s spouse, causing unendurable humiliation, distress and miseries so it impairs the complainant’s physical and mental health and it makes it impractical for the complainant to maintain the marital status.
In reference to law, “no fault” is primarily used to denote claims that are adjudicated without any determination of fault. In a no-fault claim, the parties are not required to prove any party’s blameworthiness to resolve the claim.
No-fault divorce is the most common modern type of marriage dissolution.
A non-custodial parent is the parent whose children do not live with them for a majority of the time. This situation usually arises after separation or divorce, where one parent has primary physical custody instead of the parents sharing joint custody.
A non-disparagement clause is a provision in an agreement that prohibits the involved parties from making any negative statements, remarks, or representations about each other. These types of clauses typically are found in agreements like employment contracts, separation agreements, or marital settlement agreements.
Palimony is a colloquial term used to refer to a court’s award of financial support or assets to one party of a non-marital relationship following a break-up. The term is a portmanteau of the words pal (meaning friend) and alimony. The term was created by media during coverage of the California case Marvin v.
The Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA) establishes national standards to determine jurisdiction in interstate custody disputes.
1) A parent’s right to have the child reside with them. New York Domestic Relations Law § 75–a defines physical custody as “the physical care and supervision of a child.” Physical custody is not the same as legal custody, which is the parent’s ability to make developmental, educational, and legal decisions for the child. Parents may establish custody arrangement through family courts or voluntarily.
See impotence.
[Last reviewed in April of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team]
The Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980 (PKPA) establishes national standards to determine jurisdiction in interstate custody disputes. PKPA does not impose a duty on the states to exercise jurisdiction over any child custody issues, but when a state wishes to exercise jurisdiction over a dete
