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What is required to get a divorce?
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Family Law \ All Questions
What is required to get a divorce?
What is spousal support or alimony?
Under what situations will I not have to pay alimony?
How much child support will I receive?
Can my soon-to-be ex-spouse and I share a lawyer for a divorce?
Does it matter who files first or when one person files for divorce?
Can I stop or contest a divorce?
Can I take money out of the bank prior to filing for divorce or during the proceedings?
Can I change the locks to the house before or during the divorce proceedings?
If I seek counseling during a divorce, can that be used against me?
How long do divorce cases last?
What is a collaborative divorce?
My wife / husband filed for divorce. What should I do?
What is the difference between child support and alimony?
My spouse and I have negative equity in our house. How do we deal with that in a divorce?
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Martin Sweet is a visiting assistant professor of political science at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He teaches and researches in the area of American Politics and Constitutional Law. He earned his J.D. in 1995 from the University of Minnesota Law School and his Ph.D. in 2003 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2005, he was co-awarded by the American Political Science Association for the nation's best dissertation in the area of public law. Martin is the author of Merely Judgment: Ignoring, Evading, and Trumping the Supreme Court, published by the University of Virginia Press, and is a regular political and legal contributor on television.