There are resident aliens officially permitted to live in the country and illegal aliens who have otherwise gained entry into the country. Family support obligations are not dischargeable in bankruptcy. The official act of charging a defendant with a fact as true. In criminal complaints a charge is usually defined within the context of the commission of a crime. A legal proceeding in which the judge declares a marriage void - i.e., that the marital status never existed.
Annulment is different from divorce in that a divorce ends a valid marriage.
A written agreement made by people who intend to get married, in which property rights, support rights, and other rights and obligations are set out. The process of deciding how much of the property acquired by the husband and wife is owned by them together, and how much is owned by only one of them. Apportionment is necessary when both marital and non-marital assets are used to buy property during the marriage. An award made by arbitrators can normally be turned into a court judgment and enforced like any other court judgment. An arbitrator is a type of private judge, and the arbitration hearing is much less formal than a court hearing.