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LEGAL TERMS
QMSCO
See Qualified Medical Child Support Order.
RESTRAINING ORDER
An order from a court directing one person not to do something, such as make contact with another person, enter the family home or remove a child from the state... (more...)
An order from a court directing one person not to do something, such as make contact with another person, enter the family home or remove a child from the state. Restraining orders are typically issued in cases in which spousal abuse or stalking is feared -- or has occurred -- in an attempt to ensure the victim's safety. Restraining orders are also commonly issued to cool down ugly disputes between neighbors.
HOME STUDY
An investigation of prospective adoptive parents to make sure they are fit to raise a child, required by all states. Common areas of inquiry include financial s... (more...)
An investigation of prospective adoptive parents to make sure they are fit to raise a child, required by all states. Common areas of inquiry include financial stability, marital stability, lifestyles and other social factors, physical and mental health and criminal history.
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER (TRO)
An order that tells one person to stop harassing or harming another, issued after the aggrieved party appears before a judge. Once the TRO is issued, the court ... (more...)
An order that tells one person to stop harassing or harming another, issued after the aggrieved party appears before a judge. Once the TRO is issued, the court holds a second hearing where the other side can tell his story and the court can decide whether to make the TRO permanent by issuing an injunction. Although a TRO will often not stop an enraged spouse from acting violently, the police are more willing to intervene if the abused spouse has a TRO.
ZONING
The laws dividing cities into different areas according to use, from single-family residences to industrial plants. Zoning ordinances control the size, location... (more...)
The laws dividing cities into different areas according to use, from single-family residences to industrial plants. Zoning ordinances control the size, location, and use of buildings within these different areas.
CLOSE CORPORATION
A corporation owned and operated by a few individuals, often members of the same family, rather than by public shareholders. State laws permit close corporation... (more...)
A corporation owned and operated by a few individuals, often members of the same family, rather than by public shareholders. State laws permit close corporations to function more informally than regular corporations. For example, shareholders can make decisions without holding meetings of the board of directors, and can fill vacancies on the board without a vote of the shareholders.
DEFAULT DIVORCE
See uncontested divorce.
PALIMONY
A non-legal term coined by journalists to describe the division of property or alimony-like support given by one member of an unmarried couple to the other afte... (more...)
A non-legal term coined by journalists to describe the division of property or alimony-like support given by one member of an unmarried couple to the other after they break up.
MARITAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
See divorce agreement.
SAMPLE LEGAL CASES
In re Adoption of MKC
On October 15, 2007, Appellant filed a petition for the adoption of MKC The petition stated that
Appellant is the biological mother of the child. It further alleged that no father had been involved
in the life of the child, and after an inquiry was sent 606 to the Arkansas Department of ...
Hendrix v. Black
... They sought to set aside the adoption and obtain a visitation order. ... 9-9-215(a)(1) (Supp.2005).
Section 9-9-215(a)(1) [2] permits a court to grant grandparent visitation to the biological
grandparents whose legal relationship to the child is cut off by the adoption. ...
King v. Ochoa
... Code Ann. § 9-9-204 (Repl.2002). We reverse and remand for consideration of the adoption
petition on the merits. King is thirty-six years old and unmarried. ... Ochoa submitted her
consent to King's adoption of the child on November 20, 2007. ...
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