Many states allow divorce {divorce} if only one person claims irreconcilable differences {no-fault divorce}. Other states require long procedures, with a waiting period. Documents are for divorce, property disposal, custody agreement, and court appearance. In states with community property, each party receives property part, sometimes attaching husband's part to insure alimony or child-support payments.
divorce {a vinculo}.
Irregularities at marriage can cause courts to decree that marriages were never valid {annulment}|.
Marriage can end by complete end to matrimony {dissolved marriage} {dissolution, marriage}.
Marriage can end by limited divorce or marriage suspension {separation, legal}| {legal separation} {judicial separation}, in which husband must still provide for wife, but otherwise both are legally separate by agreement. Both spouses can agree to live apart {voluntary separation}, with support for wife and children and child custody. If either person fails to perform separation-agreement terms, it is like contract breach.
legal separation {a mensa et thoro}.
Courts can require payments {alimony}| by husband for separate maintenance of wife, after court grants divorce or separation, after voluntary separation, or after court order to support wife. Courts usually order temporary alimony while hearing divorce cases. Failure to pay makes husband in contempt of court and can lead to imprisonment.
amount
Alimony can be a percentage of husband's income or a lump sum to pay once or in installments.
termination
Alimony payments end if wife dies or remarries.
Rather than using lawyers or courts, to get a divorce, you can write a settlement document {marital separation agreement}|. It includes child custody, child support, and amount to pay to spouse {spousal support}. It includes standard paragraphs about disputes.
property list and who gets what {property settlement}|.
Parents must support their children after divorce {child support}, to maintain child's standard of living. Courts have power to award custody and control during and after divorce, separation, or annulment proceedings. The father got custody under common law, but now the mother typically receives custody, unless she is unfit or both agree on joint custody. Many courts award children to the innocent party, in cases involving wrongdoing.
Children stay with each parent at times {custody, children}| {child custody}.
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