Category: Family Law Dictionary

  • Sub-Saharan Africa

    Legal Definition of Sub-Saharan Africa Meaning of Sub-Saharan Africa The region of Africa south of the Sahara desert. Related Entries of Sub-Saharan Africa in the Encyclopedia of Law Project Browse or […]

  • Veto

    The right of forbidding or denying without assigning any reasons therefor.

  • Marriage

    Legal Definition of Marianismo Meaning of Marianismo The Spanish and Latin American ideal of women being modest, restrained, virtuous, and nurturing. Women are expected to be sexually abstinent before marriage and passive in response to their […]

  • Cohabitation

    Legal Definition of Cohabitation Meaning of Cohabitation Living together when unmarried. Synonyms of Cohabitation (Living together), noun abiding together act of dwelling together […]

  • International Adoption

    Adoption of a child born outside of the United States….

  • Artificial Insemination

    Impregnation of a woman by one of many possible artificial reproductive technologies (ARTs)….

  • Maintenance

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Maintenance Meaning of Maintenance Has a variety of meanings, depending upon the context. In relation to dependents, the term means primarily food, clothing and shelter; also includes such items as […]

  • Protocol

    Protocol

    Adoption Legal Definition of Protective Factors Meaning of Protective Factors Strengths and resources that appear to mediate or serve as a “buffer” against risk factors that contribute to vulnerability to maltreatment or against the […]

  • Social Worker

    Adoption Legal Definition of Social Worker Meaning of Social Worker Person who completes home studies, works with birth parents and adoptive families in adoption situations.Learn more with the Adoption Thesaurus<div […]

  • Social Worker

    Adoption Legal Definition of Social Worker Meaning of Social Worker Person who completes home studies, works with birth parents and adoptive families in adoption situations.Learn more with the Adoption Thesaurus<div […]

  • Reunion

    Adoption Legal Definition of Reunion Meaning of Reunion A meeting between birthparent(s) and an adopted adult or between an adopted adult and other birth relatives. The adopted adult may have been placed as an infant and thus has no memory of the […]

  • Household

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Household Meaning of Household An organized family and whatever pertains to it as a whole; a domestic establishment. In broad sense a collective group living in a house , acknowledging the authority of a […]

  • Child

    The immediate progeny of human parents; offspring born to such parents. 262 111. 183; 200 111. 401. The son or daughter, in relation to the father or mother; the correlative of parent. A young person- of either sex. The age limit of childhood is undefined. 5 Har. & J. (Md.) […]

  • Family

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Family Meaning of Family In primary meaning, it is the collective body of persons who live in one house anc under one head or management . secondary meaning is those who are of the same line age, or […]

  • Parental Leave

    Adoption Legal Definition of Parental Leave Meaning of Parental Leave See LeaveLearn more with the Adoption Thesaurus Related Entries of Parental Leave in the Encyclopedia of Law Project Browse or run […]