Index

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INDEX

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ABANDONMENT	72, 83, 84, 89
ABUSE, FAMILY
Generally	735
Custody and support documents	751
Definitions	738
Evidence	666
Justification for leaving	93
Medical information	319
Protective orders
Child's preliminary order	746
Confidentiality	747
Emergency order	739
Full order	744
Preliminary order	741
Relief
Circuit court	735
Juvenile and domestic relations district court	737
Temporary emergency jurisdiction, UCCJEA	1020
Venue	638
ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE	51
ACTUAL RECEIPT OF PROCESS	53
ADR. See ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
ADULTERY
Generally	84, 88
Connivance	93
Spousal support	456
Statute of limitations	91
ADVERSE PARTY	1, 3
AFFIDAVITS
Based on personal knowledge	96
Leave of court or consent to use, felon as party	67
Use in uncontested cases	96
AGREEMENTS
Generally	608
Alternative dispute resolution	291, 292
Enforcement	854
Fee	8
Marital	608
Modification	865, 868
Physical and mental examination	331
Premarital	608
Separation	86, 87
Stipulations	799
Visitation	671, 672
ALIMONY. See SPOUSAL SUPPORT

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ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)	292
ANNULMENT
Generally	279,280
Complaint	282
Defenses	280
Emancipated minors	280
Forms	282
Grounds	280
Jurisdiction	282
Lien for attorney fees	487
Pendente lite relief	480
Permanent spousal support not available	279
Presumption that the marriage is valid	280
Procedure	282
Protective orders	735
Referral to educational programs	295
Relief available	279
ANSWER
Generally	90
Counterclaim	95
Failure to answer	96
APPEAL
From juvenile court	444, 488
Preserving issues for	801
APPRAISAL	592
ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL. See MILITARY PERSONNEL
ATTORNEY FEES
Agreements	8
Award of	487
Lien for	487
Retainer	8
ATTORNEY-ISSUED SUBPOENAS	794, 796, 797
BED AND BOARD, DIVORCE FROM. See DIVORCE FROM BED AND BOARD
BEST INTERESTS OF CHILD	666
BIFURCATION OF DIVORCE AND PROPERTY DISTRIBUTION	583
BILL OF COMPLAINT (Obsolete). See COMPLAINT
BONA FIDE RESIDENT	46
BRANDENBURG-HART FORMULA	590
BURDEN OF PROOF
Appreciation of property	587
Custody and visitation	636, 643
Grounds for divorce	86
Property issues	591
Purging civil contempt	852
Support	444

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CHILD CUSTODY
Abuse and neglect	666
Access to records	661, 673
Affidavit (UCCJEA)	651
Appeal from juvenile and domestic relations district court	636
Burden of proof	643
Child's preference	667
Concurrent jurisdiction	635, 637
Constitutional protection of parental relationship	644
Court appointed special advocate (CASA)	657
Delay of decision in circuit court	671
Disclosure of identifying information	751
Discovery	660
Enforcement	674
Evaluations	664
Evidence	666
Factors	642
Guardian ad litem	633
Incident to divorce	636
Information-gathering	648
International Child Abduction Remedies Act	1015
Interstate child custody orders, jurisdiction to modify	1019
Jurisdiction	676
Medical records	661
Military deployment of parent, expedited hearings for	668, 677
Modification	676
Military deployment as basis of modification	669
Military parent returning from deployment	677
Notice of intent to relocate	751
Orders
Generally	669
Domestic violence cases	751
Enforcement	674
Modification	676
Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA)	674
Parenting time	633
Participation in child's activities	674
Parties	643
Pendente lite relief	658
Pleading	643, 651
Pretrial evaluations	664
Resources for clients	634
Restoration of parental rights	657
School records and witnesses	668
Service of process	653
Shared custody	641
Sources of information	650
Standards of proof	643, 666

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Standby guardianship	678
Transfer of jurisdiction	637
Types of
Generally	640
Divided	641
Joint	640
Shared	473
Sole	640
Split	473
Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA)	1013
Venue	638
CHILD DEPENDENCY INCOME TAX EXEMPTION	479, 481, 483
CHILD SUPPORT. See also INTERSTATE SUPPORT ISSUES
Adoptive parent liable for support	462
Amount	468
Appeal	488
Basic obligation	470
Calculation of guideline amount	472
Child care costs	471
Dependency income tax exemption	479, 483
Discovery	321
Division of Child Support Enforcement (DCSE)	857
Duration	465
Earning capacity of party	332
Enforcement	443
Exempt payors	466
Federal poverty level, effect of	466
Guidelines	465
Health care coverage	471, 479, 486
Jurisdiction	443
Interstate support issues. See INTERSTATE SUPPORT ISSUES
Life insurance	479, 480
Mediation	443
Medical and dental expenses	471, 473
Minimum monthly obligation	466
Mixed custody guidelines	465, 475
Modification	865
Money judgment	859
Orders	443
Parent-child relationship	462
Payment to special needs trust	465
Payroll deduction	483, 858
Pendente lite relief	480
Pleading	449
Presumptively correct amount	466, 468
Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO)	857
Qualified Medical Child Support Order (QMCSO)	486

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Remedies exclusive to DCSE	861
Service of process	452
Shared custody	473
Special needs trust, payments to	479
Split custody	473
Support order confidentiality	443
Suspension of licenses for nonpayment	859
Total obligation	472
Venue	447
CHILD TAX CREDIT	483
CHILD'S PRELIMINARY PROTECTIVE ORDER	746
CHOICE OF LAW. See INTERSTATE SUPPORT ISSUES
CLIENT FILE, RETAINING	1025
CLIENTS
Conflicts of interest, prospective client	1, 3
Information-gathering	1, 5, 12
Initial appointment with	4
Initial contact with	1
Resources for	11
COLLATERAL RELIEF	85, 91
COMMISSIONER IN CHANCERY	96
COMMITTEE FOR PRISONER	67, 88
COMPLAINT
Annulment	282
Custody and visitation	652
Divorce	76, 82
Family abuse	735
Separate maintenance	451
Support	451, 453
CONDONATION	92
CONFIDENTIAL ADDENDUM	78, 803
CONFIDENTIALITY
Alternative dispute resolution	292
Confidential Addendum	78
Educational programs	79
Health information	661
Mental health records	663
Protective orders	747
Substance abuse records	327
CONFLICT OF INTEREST	1, 3
CONNIVANCE	93
CONTEMPT OF COURT	674, 852
CONTINGENT FEES	8
COSTS
Guardian ad litem	71
Publication	61
Waiver of	70

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COUNTERCLAIM FOR DIVORCE	73, 94
COUNTERCLAIM, ANSWER TO	95
COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE (CASA)	657
CRUELTY	72, 76, 89
DECLINING REPRESENTATION	7
DECREES. See ORDERS
DEFAULT	90, 96
DEFENSES
To contempt	854
To divorce	91
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES (DSS)	443, 447
DEPOSITIONS
Generally	323
Custody and visitation	660
Health care provider	748
Interstate custody cases	1021
Motion to compel	336
Notice	49, 96
Person under disability	67
Scheduling	56
Use	323
DESERTION	72, 89
DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS	468
DISCOVERY
Generally	321
Challenge to	333
Custody cases	660
Depositions	323
Earning capacity of party	332
Enforcement	336
Ethical considerations	338
Health records	327
Informal information-gathering	96
Interrogatories	324
Juvenile and domestic relations district court	337
Medical records	325
Mental health records	327
Model forms	321
Physical and mental health examinations	331
Pretrial evaluations	664
Property issues	581
Protective order	333
Request for admission	332
Request for production	325
Subpoena duces tecum	327
Substance abuse records	327
Supplemental responses	321

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Support cases	454
Vocational expert, evaluation by	332
DISSIPATION OF PROPERTY	598
DIVISION OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT (DCSE)	447
DIVORCE FROM BED AND BOARD (A MENSA ET THORO)
Advantages	73
Disadvantages	73
Grounds	71
Legal effect	76
Merger of decree	99
Pleading	76
Property effects	75
Religious reasons	76
Tax consequences	75
DIVORCE GENERALLY
A mensa et thoro	71
A vinculo matrimonii	82
Death benefits	103
Discovery	45
Evidence	96
Final	82
From bed and board	71
From the bond of matrimony	82
Grounds	71, 86
Guardian ad litem	66
Interstate jurisdiction. See INTERSTATE DIVORCE JURISDICTION
Jurisdiction	45
Military personnel	68
Motions	95
Ore tenus hearings	48
Pendente lite relief	79
Persons under disability	65
Pro bono legal assistance	70
Service of process	...