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| Act of relinquishing with no intention to reclaim. |
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| Take by choice; accept formally; take a child as one's own. |
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| The adoption of a person who is no longer a minor. |
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| Sexual intercourse between a married person and one other than his or her spouse. |
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| One having opposing parties. A contested action; having opposing interests. |
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| When one or both of the natural parents have released the child for adoption by signing a form provided by the agency. |
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| Term for money paid by one spouse for the support of the other after legal separation or dissolution. |
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| The crime of contracting a marriage by one whose previous marriage is still in force. |
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| A formal declaration of divorce. |
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| The final legal document filed in an adoption. |
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| A legally-recognized marriage that has not been sanctioned by the formality of a legal license. |
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| Property held jointly by a husband and wife. |
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| The first legal paper or pleading filed in a divorce action that is a adversary action. |
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| A person who is legally responsible to conserve or protect one who, for reasons of age or infirmity, is unable to manage his or her own property or affairs. |
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| The final legal paper filed granting an adoption. |
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| To forsake, to abandon, to leave with no intention of returning. |
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| The term used for divorce under California law. |
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| Legal dissolution of the marriage ties. |
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| The foundation, basis, or points relied on for requesting a divorce. |
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| A Latin term for a guardian who is appointed by the court to take charge of another person's interests during a lawsuit involving that person. |
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| A special guardian with limited powers with respect to a person's estate. |
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| A special guardian with limited powers with respect to the person, but not the estate. |
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| Legal responsibility established to protect the property of minors and others who are unable to administer their affairs. |
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| The inablity of two people to live together in marriage; the quality or state of being incompatible. |
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| One who is incapable of managing his or her own affairs because of insanity, feeble-mindedness, or a similar condition. |
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| One of the two grounds in California for dissolution or legal separation. |
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| The act of placing a child with adopting parents where no adoption agency is involved. |
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| irreconcilable differences |
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| Differences between husband and wife that are not reconcilable; one ground for dissolution or legal separation in California. |
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| Marital relations that cannot be remedied, resstablished, or mended. |
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| The adoption of a foreign-born child for whom federal law makes a special immigration visa available. |
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| The act of revoking or canceling of a contract and restoring each party to their original rights. |
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| Court decree establishing the right of a married couple to live apart without divorce or dissolution. |
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| letters of conservatorship |
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| Court papers designating the conservator. |
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| Court papers designating the guardianship. |
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| marital settlement agreement |
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| An agreement between the parties providing for the disposition and distribution of their community property, custody of children, payment of attorney fees and court costs, and allowance of one party to the other for support and maintenance. |
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| A proceeding to declare a marriage void from its inception. The nullity is final upon the granting of the judgment of nullity. |
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| order to show cause (OSC) |
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| An order requiring husband or wife to appear for examination pertaining to the granting of spousal support, support and maintenance of children, attorney fees, restraining orders, and court fees. |
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| The document filed to commence an action for dissolution, nullity, or legal separation in California. |
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| The first legal paper filed in adoption proceedings. |
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| Petition for Appointment of Guardian |
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| A legal paper requesting the court to appoint someone who is responsible for the general control and care of another. |
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| The first legal paper or petition filed in a divorce action that is not adversary. |
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| The party who initiates the proceeding for dissolution of marriage in California. |
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| The offense of having several spouses at the same time. |
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| A signed agreement beetween two parties before marriage as to the conditions of that marriage. |
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| Property acquired in another state by husband or wife as it were community property; resembling community property. |
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| Act or fact of residing; place where one lives. |
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| A defendant in an action under California's Family Law Act. |
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| An order of the court preventing the one named from doing a certain thing. |
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| Property owned by a husband or wife that is not community property; property acquired by either spouse prior to marriage or by gift or inheritance after marriage or aquired after the date of separation. |
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| Court-ordered payments to the spouse. |
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| The adoption of a child by a stepparent that provides the child with all the privileges and rights of a natural child. |
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| Court-ordered payments made by either party of a marriage for the support and maintenance of the children of that marriage. |
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| A person who takes the place of or represents another. |
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| temporary restraining order |
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| Sometimes included with an OSC to restrain someone from doing something (harassing, prevent one from removing money from bank account) |
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| One appointed by the deed or last will of the parents of a chld. |
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| A marriage that can be dissolved only by death or judgment of dissolution. |
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| A marriage that is void from the beginning and can never become a valid marriage. |
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| A marriage that may be declared a nullity by a proceeding brought on voidable grounds. If a voidable marriage is not declared a nullity within a specified time, it becomes valid and can only be dissolved by a judgment of dissolution. |
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| The minor in a guardianship relationship. |
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