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qualifying event

qualifying event : an event or condition (as a terminal illness) that permits an acceleration or continuation of benefits or coverage ;esp : an event involving an employee covered by a group health insurance plan that...

quitclaim

quitclaim : to release a claim to ;specif : to release a claim to and convey by quitclaim deed [required under the divorce decree to the property to his wife] quitclaim n

respondent

respondent : one who answers or defends in various proceedings: as a : an answering party in an equitable proceeding b : a party against whom a petition (as for a writ of habeas corpus) seeking...

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scire facias

proceeded against to show cause why the record should not be enforced (as by revival of the judgment), annulled, or vacated 2 : a legal proceeding instituted by a scire facias

separate

separate -rat·ed -rat·ing vt : to cause the separation of vi : to undergo a separation [the couple separated last year] compare divorce

separation agreement

separation agreement : a contractual agreement setting forth terms pertaining to property, child support, or other matters in the separation of a married couple [incorporated the separation agreement into the divorce decree]

Dismarry

To free from the bonds of marriage to divorce

settlement

settlement 1 : the act or process of settling 2 a : an agreement reducing or resolving differences ;esp : an agreement between litigants that concludes the litigation [the states finally agreed upon a and a...

spousal support or maintenance

spousal support or maintenance Financial payments made to help support a spouse or former spouse during separation or following divorce. Also called alimony.

tenancy

tenancy pl: -cies 1 : the holding of or a mode of holding an estate in property: a : a form of ownership of property : tenure b : the temporary possession or occupancy of property...

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