Family law midterm

Void ab initio

To be treated as invalif from the outset

Clandestine

Kept secret

Pendente lite

During litigation

Tantamount

Virtually the same as

Divorce a vinculo marrimoni

A total divorce

Acrimony

Bitterness

Paramour

Lover of a married person

Qdro

Qualified domestic relations order (deals with retirement)

Dhec

Department of health and enviromental control

Threshold

The instinsity that must be exceeded for a certain reaction

Tpr

Termination of parental rights

Entity

Existance

Uccja

United child custody and jurisdiction act

Uccjea

Uniform child custody jurisdiction and enforxdmsnt act

Pkpa

Parental kidnapping prevention act

Fiducuary

Trust

Seperation agreement

1 year seperation

Settlement agreement

Resolution about case

Purported

Supposedly

Averment

Allegation

Executoru

Not yet fully formed

Antenuptial

Same thing as prenuptial