Countries that have legalized divorce often require the erring spouse to secure a life insurance policy naming
the plaintiff spouse and any children they may have had as beneficiaries.
In the event of the demise of the erring spouse,
the plaintiff spouse and children can still receive support through the death benefit from the insurance company (find out How to Collect a Life Insurance Payout).
This is to secure the support that the erring spouse ought to have provided to
the plaintiff spouse and their children.
Not exact matches
The
plaintiffs each claim damages of $ 50,000
and also seek a declaration that «non Native
spouses are entitled to reside within Kahnawake with their
spouses and children,
and that the
children retain native status...
The award was $ 540,094 to the surviving
spouse for economic damages
and $ 160,000 to each of the five other
plaintiffs, the surviving adult
children, for non-economic damages, for a total award of $ 1,340,094.
If the defendant (meaning, the
spouse who isn't asking for a divorce) lives in Alabama, then the
plaintiff (the party asking for the divorce) should file the summons
and complaint (the legal papers that initiate a divorce, specifying the reasons the judge should grant it
and requesting the division of property,
child custody,
and so on) with the circuit court in the county where the defendant lives.
The forms differ depending on whether a party has
children and also on whether he or she is the
plaintiff, who is the
spouse who initiates the divorce or the defendant, who is the
spouse who receives the papers
and responds to the complaint.