The Court may consider awarding temporary custody, temporary child support, temporary alimony, temporary possession of the home place, and other issues as your case may dictate. You can file the motion at the same time as the Complaint for Divorce, or after the Complaint has been filed. Courts vary on their procedures for handling temporary motions. You should ask your attorney how your particular county handles these motions, or call the clerk of the court for information.
Temporary motions are just that temporary.
The Court will always have jurisdiction to enter a final judgment of divorce based upon the evidence presented at trial, if you and your spouse do not settle the case. Under certain circumstances, the Court may enter orders restraining a party from various activities pending the final resolution of the divorce. Commonly, such orders are entered in cases of violence or abuse, but they may also be entered to preserve the martial estate or specific assets pending the final hearing of the case.