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Discusses Connecticut's expedited divorce processes.

Discusses how companion animals, such as dogs and cats, are handled in Connecticut divorce cases, specifically, if pets are treated as personal property and if a divorced party can take action against an ex-spouse if the ex-spouse takes a pet from its legally-designated home or disposes of it by gift or sale.

Discusses whether a creditor can seek to collect a joint debt from a person when that debt was assigned to an ex-spouse pursuant to a divorce decree.

Brief overview of parental rights and responsibilities following the termination of a marriage.

Brief overview of the three ways for a husband and wife to end or alter their marital relationship under Ohio law: legal separation, divorce and dissolution of marriage.

Discusses several questions about divorce and child support laws.

Discusses whether spouses are jointly responsible for debts incurred after they obtain a legal separation.

Summarizes the American Law Institute's recently released Principles of the law of family dissolution : analysis and recommendations.

Summarizes Connecticut's marriage and divorce laws from 1792 to the present.

Discusses legal rationale for divorce court orders diverting pension payments to former spouses.

Discusses Connecticut's divorce law concerning child custody.

Discusses recent Connecticut court cases discussing the definition of a "family" within the context of custody and visitation decisions. Follow-up to OLR research report 99-R-0643, which summarized a recent Superior Court ruling that a lesbian couple and their child constituted a family to the extent necessary to invoke the trial court's jurisdiction to decide visitation

Discusses whether Connecticut's divorce procedures are as fast as other states, especially New York.

Discusses Linda Joyce Unkelbach v. John Thomas McNary (244 Conn. 350), in which the Connecticut State Supreme Court considered a modified support obligation.

Discusses John Doe v. Jane Doe, including the main issues of the case, its current status, and what the applicable law would be if the child had been conceived by artificial insemination in a way that would be covered by the current statute.

Discusses legislation enacted during the past two years relating to marriage, divorce, and child support.

Discusses Gilbert v. Gilbert, 18 Conn. L. Rptr. No. 11, 383 (Feb. 24, 1997), dated December 18, 1996.

Discusses whether anyone has been arrested for falsely accusing someone in order to get a restraining order in connection with a divorce.

Discusses Barry Cohen v. Allene Cohen, 41 Conn. App. 163 (1996), a recent Appellate Court decision concerning court jurisdiction over child support in dissolution-of-marriage cases.

Discusses whether there are any penalties for making false accusations in order to get a restraining order in connection with a divorce.

Discusses Connecticut statutes that govern decisions on custody and visitation in dissolution of marriage, separation, and similar family relations situations.