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Residual Physical Custodial Rights
A custody agreement when one parent is awarded visitation by a pre-arranged schedule worked out between the parents or the courts.
Uncontested Divorce
A divorce where both parties are able to make a mutually agreed-upon arrangement.
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.
Custodial parent
The parent who has physical custody of the children.
Child Support
An amount of money under a court or administrative order that is due and owed by the non-custodial parent for the support of the parent's child(ren).
Joint custody
A form of child custody that grants both parents joint legal custody, joint physical custody, or both joint legal custody and joint physical custody.
Annulment
The legal dissolution of a marriage. In an annulment, the marriage is treated as though it never existed.
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.
Temporary alimony
A type of alimony payment that is made to one spouse pending separation or divorce proceedings.
Contested Divorce
A divorce where the parties are unable or unwilling to come to a mutual agreement.
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