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Do It Yourself Uncontested Divorce in Alabama Part Two The Divorce Documents:  Clauses and Language The first document that is filed in any divorce case, whether contested or uncontested, is the Complaint.  In the Complaint, you need to make sure that it states what you want the judge to Order. So, if you want your …

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Posted by Steven A. Harris | Divorce

Do It Yourself Uncontested Divorce in Alabama Part One This is a series of blogs on what to look out for when you purchase uncontested divorce documents online from a national document preparation company and to generally describe the divorce process and the documents involved. This is not going to give you all of the …

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Posted by Steven A. Harris | Divorce

Child Support in Alabama Child support is a financial obligation that the non-custodial parent must pay to a custodial parent to help with the basic expenses of the child.  Most states have their own laws with specific guidelines to determine the amount of child support to be paid and our local divorce lawyers can calculate …

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Child Custody in Alabama In Alabama, there are two different types of custody, legal and physical.  In general, legal custody is the right to make decisions concerning the child’s health, education, religion, and other such important decisions for the child.  Physical custody concerns the actual living arrangements of the child and is generally awarded to …

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Alimony in Alabama Alimony, sometimes referred to as spousal support or spousal maintenance, is where one spouse has been ordered to pay the other spouse a certain amount of money in lump sum or in regular installment payments.  Alimony seems to be awarded much less often than the general public seems to think, and in …

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