How to Deal With Legalese and Divorce

A divorce is a long and complicated process that divorce lawyers deal with every day. For them, the language of the law is their primary language when they are at work. This language is referred to as “legalese” and if you hear your lawyer start to slip into it, you should feel free to have them explain what it means. There are some that you can be prepared to hear going into almost any divorce proceeding.

• Dissolution of marriage: The divorce

This can sound a bit harsh when you learn that it literally means dissolving the life you built with your spouse. The good and the bad.

• Petitioner: Person who files the divorce petition
• Respondent: Person who did not file the divorce petition
• Jurisdiction: Authority of a court to make a ruling affecting a party

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