Sentences with phrase «issue pendente»

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The filing of a complaint and answer opens the door for spouses to resolve some issues on a «pendente lite» basis, or until the divorce is final.

Since the court doesn't issue a divorce decree until the end of the divorce process, Maryland allows its courts to enter temporary orders, called pendente lite, after the divorce is filed but before it is finalized.

Since contested divorces may take a long time to resolve, either spouse can ask the court for a temporary, or pendente lite, order to temporarily resolve certain matters until the court issues the final divorce decree.