A court order that grants a divorce and outlines terms for child support, alimony and the separation of assets. While a divorce decree may define responsibility for shared debts (your spouse pays the car loan, you pay the mortgage) it does not legally separate responsibility for these accounts. In order to stop double responsibility and credit reporting of shared accounts, the debts must be closed or refinanced directly with the lender.
a final judgment and res judicata on all issues decided
an agreement between the two spouses and is not binding on their creditors
A document issued by the court that dissolves the marriage relation.
These days, more commonly called "Judgment for Dissolution of Marriage." This is a document signed and entered by the judge which recites all the details of your divorce including a recitation of the grounds for the divorce, how property is to be divided, how much maintenance if any is to be paid by which party, who is to have custody of children and how much support is to be paid for them.
The court order that grants the divorce and outlines the determination of the issues in the dissolution. Also referred to as a final decree or the Findings of Fact, Conclusion of Law, Order to Judg me nt and Judg me nt and Decree.
A decree issued after a divorce is declared final by the court. This action dissolves the marriage and returns the spouses to unmarried status. Alimony payments made as a result of this decree are deductible by the payer and income to the recipient, if requirements are met.
A divorce decree that is not yet final. Alimony paid under an interlocutory decree is deductible by the payer and income to the recipient, if requirements are met.