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These materials are for informational purposes only, to help you recognize your legal rights and responsibilities. They are not a substitute for speaking with an attorney regarding your specific circumstances.

A divorce is a legal, financial and emotional process to end a marriage. It involves parents, their children, their income, assets and debts. A final judgment of divorce sets out the resolution of all legal and financial issues between the parties, including their property division, maintenance (spousal support), legal custody and physical placement of their children, child support and related issues. Issues are resolved either by agreement of the parties or by the court, after a hearing. A number of procedural models are available to a couple going through a divorce, to help them resolve the issues in their divorce action, and the models vary in the amount of attorney and court involvement, conflict and cost to the couple.