Legal Terms in Common and Family Laws

It is interesting to know some legal terms over a conversation. Here is one interesting topic. There are two common law terms that shouldn’t be confused with one another. The first is about living will. This term is also called an advanced health care directive. It is a legal document created in advance while the person is still well to inform caregivers and health providers what to do while under treatment in a hospital.

When the person becomes incapacitated and unable to speak because of comatose or a terminal illness, the living will becomes effective. The term “living will” should not be confused with the next legal term; it is a different thing. The second term used in common laws is the living trust. This arrangement involves three individual parties which are the grantor, the trustee, and the beneficiary.

During his lifetime, the grantor signs the trust between him and the trustee. The prepared arrangement states that the trustee would hold any property under the name of the grantor for some time in his lifetime for the benefit of the grantor’s immediate family or the beneficiaries. Once the grantor dies, the property owned by the grantor that is held by the trustee would then be distributed to the beneficiaries.

Legal terms in common law are done; next is about a single legal term in family law. It is one of the most common terms used to refer to marriage dissolution, and it is called divorce. There are divorce online sources and legal documents would define divorce as a termination of marriage. This is different from an annulment which actually declares the marriage to be null and void, as though it didn’t happen at all.

The effect of divorce is something that uses legal authority. Both parties, the husband and the wife, apply for divorce to relieve each other of their duties as a married couple. Legal actions within the area of divorce include child custody, child support, property distribution, and the like.