divorce

The legal separation of man and wife, effected by the judgment or decree of a court, and either totally dissolving the marriage relation, or suspending its effects so far as concerns the cohabitation of the parties.

See also alimony

- equitable distribution

- ex parte divorce

- legislative divorce

- living separate and apart

- mail order divorce

- Mexican divorce

- migratory divorce

- rabbinical divorce

@ divorce a mensa et thoro

/davors ey mensa et 0orow/ A divorce from table and bed, or from bed and A partial or qualified divorce, by which the parties are separated and forbidden to live or cohabit together, without affecting the marriage itself

@ divorce a vinculo matrimonii

/davors ey virjkyalow maetramowniyay/

A divorce from the bond of marriage. A total, absolute divorce of husband and wife, dissolving the marriage tie, and releasing the parties wholly from their matrimonial obligations

@ divorce by (no-fault) consent

Type of no-fault divorce in which parties are not required to prove fault or grounds for divorce beyond a showing of irretrievable breakdown of marriage or irreconcilable differences. The majority of states have no-fault divorce statutes in one form or another. See, e.g., Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act, No.No. 302, 305

@ divorce from bed and board

See divorce a mensa et thoro, above.

@ foreign divorce

A divorce obtained out of the state or country where the marriage was solemnized.

@ limited divorce

A divorce from bed and board; or a judicial separation of husband and wife not dissolving the marriage tie.

See also separation of spouses.

+ limited divorce

A divorce decree or judgment may be restricted to a dissolution of the marriage with no provision for support. In another sense, term refers to a divorce a mensa et thoro (from bed and board) with no right to remarry

@ migratory divorce

Term used to describe a divorce secured by a spouse or spouses who leave(s) his/their domicile and move(s) to, or reside(s) temporarily in, another state or country for purpose of securing the divorce.

See also ex parte divorce.

+ migratory divorce

Term used to describe a divorce secured by a spouse who leaves his or her domicile and moves to, or resides temporarily in, another state or country for purpose of securing the divorce.

See also Mexican divorce

@ no-fault divorce

See divorce by consent

@ parliamentary divorce

A divorce decreed by the British Parliament or by a legislative act in contrast to a divorce granted by a court.

See lady's friend

@ divorce proctors

Person, generally an attorney, appointed to protect children or the interests of the state in a divorce action. Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act, No.310.

@