The Divorce Dictionary is your plain-language guide to 400+ legal, financial, and emotional terms. Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict (JNOV) means a judge changes the jury’s decision because they believe the jury got it wrong legally. It doesn’t come up in most divorces.

The Divorce Dictionary is your plain-language guide to 400+ legal, financial, and emotional terms. Just cause means there’s a valid, legal reason for doing something, like changing a custody order or denying visitation.

The Divorce Dictionary is your plain-language guide to 400+ legal, financial, and emotional terms. Whether you're considering divorce or deep in the process, this compassionate glossary helps you feel informed, empowered, and supported. A jury trial is a trial where a group of people (the jury) listens to evidence and helps decide the outcome. In divorce, jury trials are rare and usually only happen in certain states or for specific issues.

The Divorce Dictionary is your plain-language guide to 400+ legal, financial, and emotional terms. Whether you're considering divorce or deep in the process, this compassionate glossary helps you feel informed, empowered, and supported. Jurisdiction means the court has the power to hear your case. You have to file in the right place (usually where you or your spouse live).

The Divorce Dictionary is your plain-language guide to 400+ legal, financial, and emotional terms. Whether you're considering divorce or deep in the process, this compassionate glossary helps you feel informed, empowered, and supported. A judicial notice means the court accepts certain facts as true without needing proof, like what day of the week it is or that a holiday falls on a certain date.

The Divorce Dictionary is your plain-language guide to 400+ legal, financial, and emotional terms. Whether you're considering divorce or deep in the process, this compassionate glossary helps you feel informed, empowered, and supported. A judgment is the final decision made by the court, usually written down in the divorce decree. It includes orders about money, custody, and everything else.

The Divorce Dictionary is your plain-language guide to 400+ legal, financial, and emotional terms. Whether you're considering divorce or deep in the process, this compassionate glossary helps you feel informed, empowered, and supported. Joint physical custody means the child spends time living with both parents, even if it’s not exactly 50/50.

The Divorce Dictionary is your plain-language guide to 400+ legal, financial, and emotional terms. Whether you're considering divorce or deep in the process, this compassionate glossary helps you feel informed, empowered, and supported. Joint legal custody means both parents share the right to make important decisions about the child’s life, like school, health care, and religion.

The Divorce Dictionary is your plain-language guide to 400+ legal, financial, and emotional terms. Whether you're considering divorce or deep in the process, this compassionate glossary helps you feel informed, empowered, and supported. Joint custody means both parents share responsibility. This can include making decisions (legal custody) and/or time with the child (physical custody). It doesn’t always mean 50/50.