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LEGAL TERMS
GUARDIAN
An adult who has been given the legal right by a court to control and care for a minor or her property. Someone who looks after a child's property is called a '... (more...)
An adult who has been given the legal right by a court to control and care for a minor or her property. Someone who looks after a child's property is called a 'guardian of the estate.' An adult who has legal authority to make personal decisions for the child, including responsibility for his physical, medical and educational needs, is called a 'guardian of the person.' Sometimes just one person will be named to take care of all these tasks. An individual appointed by a court to look after an incapacitated adult may also be known as a guardian, but is more frequently called a conservator.
ADOPTED CHILD
Any person, whether an adult or a minor, who is legally adopted as the child of another in a court proceeding. See adoption.
ACKNOWLEDGED FATHER
The biological father of a child born to an unmarried couple who has been established as the father either by his admission or by an agreement between him and t... (more...)
The biological father of a child born to an unmarried couple who has been established as the father either by his admission or by an agreement between him and the child's mother. An acknowledged father must pay child support.
SEPARATION
A situation in which the partners in a married couple live apart. Spouses are said to be living apart if they no longer reside in the same dwelling, even though... (more...)
A situation in which the partners in a married couple live apart. Spouses are said to be living apart if they no longer reside in the same dwelling, even though they may continue their relationship. A legal separation results when the parties separate and a court rules on the division of property, such as alimony or child support -- but does not grant a divorce.
SOLE CUSTODY
An arrangement whereby only one parent has physical and legal custody of a child and the other parent has visitation rights.
MINOR
In most states, any person under 18 years of age. All minors must be under the care of a competent adult (parent or guardian) unless they are 'emancipated'--in ... (more...)
In most states, any person under 18 years of age. All minors must be under the care of a competent adult (parent or guardian) unless they are 'emancipated'--in the military, married or living independently with court permission. Property left to a minor must be handled by an adult until the minor becomes an adult under the laws of the state where he or she lives.
PROVOCATION
The act of inciting another person to do a particular thing. In a fault divorce, provocation may constitute a defense to the divorce, preventing it from going t... (more...)
The act of inciting another person to do a particular thing. In a fault divorce, provocation may constitute a defense to the divorce, preventing it from going through. For example, if a wife suing for divorce claims that her husband abandoned her, the husband might defend the suit on the grounds that she provoked the abandonment by driving him out of the house.
COMPARABLE RECTITUDE
A doctrine that grants the spouse least at fault a divorce when both spouses have shown grounds for divorce. It is a response to an old common-law rule that pre... (more...)
A doctrine that grants the spouse least at fault a divorce when both spouses have shown grounds for divorce. It is a response to an old common-law rule that prevented a divorce when both spouses were at fault.
UNCONTESTED DIVORCE
A divorce automatically granted by a court when the spouse who is served with a summons and complaint for divorce fails to file a formal response with the court... (more...)
A divorce automatically granted by a court when the spouse who is served with a summons and complaint for divorce fails to file a formal response with the court. Many divorces proceed this way when the spouses have worked everything out and there's no reason for both to go to court -- and pay the court costs.
SAMPLE LEGAL CASES
In re Adoption of CMBR
800 Christopher M. Huck of Peterson Young Putra PS, R. Omar Riojas of DLA Piper LLP in
Seattle, WA, William J. Fleischaker of Fleischaker & Williams LC, Joplin, for the mother. ... Richard
L. Schnake of Neale & Newman LLP, Springfield, Joseph L. Hensley of Hensley & ...
In re Adoption of NLB
This case is a tragic reminder of how difficult it is to balance the best interests of a prospective
adoptive child and the rights of a natural parent who opposes termination of his or her parental
rights. NLB was born on December 12, 2004, and is now four years old. This termination/ ...
Great Rivers Habitat Alliance v. City of St. Peters
... RONALD R. HOLLIGER, Judge. This appeal challenges the City's adoption of tax increment
financing ("TIF") for a 1,640-acre tract of farmland in the Northeast corner of the City (the "Area").
The circuit court granted summary judgment in favor of the City of St. ...
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