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Family Law - Coggle Diagram
Family Law
Marriage
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establishing marriage: addressing the procedural requirements, common law marriage, and the limitation on marriage
putative spouse: one who entered into a ceremonial marriage and had a good faith belief in the validity of the marriage. spouse later discovers marriage is void or voidable
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divorce
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main issues: procedure; child custody; visitation; money issues; child support; maintenance; property division
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money issues
child support: determined by state guidelines; formula based on income, age of child, and number of children supported; modifiable based on substantial change in circumstances
Maintenance: alimony, is awarded to ensure an adequate income strem for spuses whose economic dependency has resulted from teh marital relationship
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