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Rehabilitative Alimony
Rehabilitative alimony refers to alimony that is given to a spouse so that the spouse may “rehabilitate” herself or himself in the sense of acquiring greater earning power or training in order to become self-supporting.
Paternity
The determination of who the father of a child is in order to arrange child custody and child support in the event of a divorce.
Abandonment
When a parent leaves a child without enough care, supervision, support, or parental contact for an excessive period of time.
Buccal Swab
A recognized form of genetic testing used to determine paternity, which involves a q-tip type instrument for collecting saliva from individuals submitting to testing.
Absolute divorce
A divorce in which the marriage is completely dissolved and both parties become single.
Custodial parent
The parent who has physical custody of the children.
Reasonable visitation
A form of visitation in which the parents work out a schedule of visitation for the non-custodial parent.
Mediation
A non-adversarial process in which a neutral third party acts to encourage and help disputing parties reach a mutually acceptable agreement. May not be a good option when domestic violence is present.
Age of Majority
Attained upon one's eighteenth birthday. However, a child support order will remain in effect beyond attainment of eighteen as long as the child continuously attends an accredited high school on a full time basis, the child is determined to be mentally or physically disabled by the court, or both parents have agreed to continue support after the age of 18 and it is incorporated in a divorce decree.
Uncontested Divorce
A divorce where both parties are able to make a mutually agreed-upon arrangement.
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