Walk It Through: The Divorce Filing
One ground for divorce, a spouse who says it can be saved, an inheritance, and a request for maintenance.
After years of marriage, one spouse files for divorce and moves into the spare room.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A divorce with property and a request for maintenance. Custody and child support are walked through separately, and legal separation is not covered.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Irretrievably brokenKentucky's one ground for divorce: a finding that there is no reasonable prospect of reconciliation.
- Marital propertyEverything either spouse acquired after the marriage, whatever name the title is in, except gifts, inheritances and the other listed exceptions.
- MisconductConduct connected with the work that disqualifies a fired worker from unemployment, including knowingly breaking a reasonable, uniformly enforced rule and unexcused poor attendance.
- MaintenanceSupport a court may order for either spouse who lacks property for reasonable needs and cannot support themselves through appropriate work.