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| | Family Law - Divorce/Dissolution of Marriage: Superior Court of California, County of Kern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | Dissolution of Marriage (Divorce): A dissolution of marriage, which is more commonly known as divorce, terminates the marriage of the spouses and resolves issues between them, including child custody, visitation, child support, spousal support, asset and debt division, former name restoration, and even restraining orders. |
 | | Legal Separation: A legal separation case is similar to a dissolution of marriage in terms of the range of issues that are resolved in the case, except that the parties remain married to each other. |
 | | Prior Existing Marriage: prior existing marriage means a spouse married on the mistaken belief that his or her previous marriage had ended in the death of the other spouse, who in fact was still living. |
| www.co.kern.ca.us /courts/divorce.asp (1340 words) |
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