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Glossary of Family Law Terms
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DEFAULT JUDGEMENT:
A judgment rendered when the other side failed to
appear in court.
DEFENDANT:
The person against whom a claim is brought.
DEPOSITION:
A pretrial discovery device in which one party
verbally answers questions from the other party.
DESERTION:
One spouse voluntarily leaves the other (without
justification or consent from their spouse) for an
uninterrupted period of time and with no intentions
of returning.
DISCOVERY:
Steps that a party takes before trial to obtain
information from the other side in order to prepare
for trial.
DISSOLUTION:
The legal end of a marriage.
DOMICILE:
The place where a person has been physically present
with the intent to make that place a permanent home.
A "residence," on the other hand, is the place where
you are living at a particular time. A person can
have more than one residence, but only one domicile.
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