Take him into custody
Children, particularly young children usually belong with their mothers
what is the Tender years doctrine/presumption?
401k contributions, mortgage payments, etc.
What are not allowable deductions for the calculation of net income for child support purposes?
What are the two primary methods of establishing paternity in modern times?
What is adjudication and acknowledgement.
What are the two major categories of property that must be assigned in a divorce action?
What is marital and non-marital (separate)
This society allowed a husband to beat his wife to death in she threatened his honor.
What is the Roman Empire?
Best interests of the Child
What is the standard in which custody is determined today?
Title IV-D Agency
What is the federal agency that oversees and funds the various states' child support enforcement programs?
What is the most accurate method of establishing paternity?
DNA testing
These types of assets, such as a business's goodwill cannot be touched.
What are intangible assets?
what is an order of protection?
A legal document that seeks to prevent future harassment and abuse.
Paternal Preference
What is the rule that gave fathers a near-absolute right to custody?
What are the primary functions of a states Title IV-D agency?
What is location of absent parents; establishment of paternity; establishment, modification and enforcement of child support orders.
What is a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity?
What is the document a man can sign at the time of the birth of a child if he is not married to the mother, but acknowledges that he is the father of the child?
One example of this type of property is money a wife inherits after the date of the marriage, but before the judgment of dissolution is entered.
What is non-marital property?
What is a "no contact provision?"
A provision in an Order of Protection that prohibits the respondent from initiating any communication with the petitioner, whether directly or indirectly.
What used to be called "custody" in Illinois is not called this
What is allocation of parental responsibility?
Keeping custodial parents and children off of the federal welfare roles
What is the primary purpose for the federal government getting involved in child support enforcement?
60 days
What is the time within which a person signing a voluntary acknowledgement of paternity must rescind the document to avoid it becoming permanently binding?
What are the four steps in the process of dividing property between divorcing spouses?
What is defining, classifying, valuing and distributing
These women were seen as "unwomanly radicals" and were accused of seeking to destroy the family
What is the member of the mid-1800s women's rights movement.
The four major areas of decision making to be addressed by the court when allocating parental responsibilities.
What is health care, education, extracurricular activities, and religion?
These types of payments are not deductible by the payor and are not counted as income by the recipient.
What is child support?
All children born to a married woman were considered to be offspring of the marriage, even if they were the result of a extramarital relationship
What is the common law "presumption of paternity?"
What is good will?
What is a business's good reputation in the community that generates the expectation of continued future patronage.
This group is credited with passing the first law in the Western world to outlaw wife-beating and, later outlawed husband-beating.
who are the Puritans?