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Connecticut Divorce Information
The Connecticut Divorce Section will provide a resource directory of focused professionals. Lawyers, mediators, negotiators, counsellors, accountants, financial planners and other professionals providing all the information you will need to assess your position and take the necessary steps to successfully navigate your divorce. Child custody, child support, visitation arrangements, alimony, division of assets and debts, while similar, are different in each state.
![Connecticut Divorce Laws
Connecticut divorce laws for people considering a Connecticut divorce or filing a Connecticut divorce with issues to be resolved about child custody, child support, visitation and alimony. Connecticut Statutes can be viewed at http://www.jud.ct.gov/lawlib/law/divorce.htm Statutes cover but are not limited to the following subjects:
• Divorce Definitions
• Divorce Residency Requirements
• Grounds for Divorce
• Uncontested Divorce
• Simplified Divorce Process
• Military Divorce Laws
• Child Custody
• Child Support Considerations
• Child Support Definitions
• Child Support Guidelines
• Spousal Support, Maintenance, and Alimony guidelines
• Property Division Considerations
• Grandparents’ Rights
Connecticut Dissolution of Marriage Definitions
These definitions will help you understand some unique characteristics to the Connecticut Dissolution of Marriage laws, process and paperwork which is filed with the court.
Filing Party Title: Plaintiff - The spouse who will initiate the Dissolution of Marriage by filing the required paperwork with the court.
Non-Filing Party Title: Defendant - The spouse who does not initiate the Dissolution of Marriage with the court.
Court Name: Superior Court of Connecticut, County of _____. The proper name of the court in which a Dissolution of Marriage is filed in the state of Connecticut. Each jurisdictional court typically has a domestic relations or a family law department or division.
Child Support Enforcement Website:
http://www.dss.state.ct.us/csrc/csrc.htm - The state run office devoted to enforcing existing child support orders and collecting any past due child support.
Document Introduction: In Re the Marriage of: The lead-in verbiage used in the legal caption or header of the documents filed with the court. The introduction typically prefaces both spouse’s names.
Initial Dissolution of Marriage Document: Complaint for Dissolution of Marriage - The title and name of the legal document that will initiate the Connecticut Dissolution of Marriage process. The filing spouse is also required to provide the non-filing spouse a copy of this document.
Final Dissolution of Marriage Document: Decree of Dissolution of Marriage - The title and name of the legal document that will finalize the Connecticut Dissolution of Marriage process. This document will be signed by the judge, master, or referee of the court to declare your marriage officially terminated.
Clerk’s Office Name: County Clerk’s Office of the Superior Court The office of the clerk that will facilitate the Dissolution of Marriage process. This is the title you would address letters to or ask for when contacting the courthouse.
Legal Separation: A legal separation may be granted on the following grounds: (1) irretrievable breakdown of the marriage; (2) incompatibility and voluntary separation; (3) adultery; (4) life imprisonment; (5) confinement for incurable insanity for a total of 5 years; (6) willful desertion and nonsupport for 1 year; (7) cruel and inhuman treatment; (8) fraud; (9) habitual intemperance (drunkenness); and (10) commission and/or conviction of an infamous crime involving a violation of conjugal duty and imprisonment for at least 1 year. There is no residency requirement noted in the statute. [Connecticut General Statutes Annotated; Title 46b, Chapter 40].
Property Distribution: Equitable Distribution -The applicable Connecticut law that will dictate how property and debt is to be divided upon Dissolution of Marriage.
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