Divorce Guide

Which Orders Can a Court Make?

In case of a breakdown of relationship, both the parties should initially try to settle down the problem outside the court. In absence of such a situation, the parties can apply to the court for doing so. But such a situation can cost you highly or even worse, emotionally too.

There might be n number of issues to resolve in a divorce case and each case is different with different circumstances and conditions. Here comes the fair play of the court. In each case, the court vests in itself a very high responsibility of being transparent and fair to each of the parties, i.e., both the husband and the wife.

As mentioned earlier, filing and going through a divorce process is highly emotionally driven and can cause you mental distress. After you and your spouse have decided to walk out of the relation, the next question arises about the financial, legal and other settlements, which might be a long, tiring and tedious process that takes several months or at times, even years.

While you file a case, you might ponder over a number of issues like where you would live by that time, what about the child (if any) and other such issues. In such a case, a court can pass temporary orders. A temporary court order is given till the final settlement. The court’s temporary orders can comply with the following issues:

Temporary partner’s support

A court orders spousal support to make the loves of both partners comfortable till the time divorce reaches its settlement. The court may order on the payment of specific amount. This depends upon the income of the partners. Spousal sustain takes form of either direct monthly payment of payment of certain bills.

Child related issues

Divorce becomes even more difficult in case of a child since it’s not only the husband and the wife that suffers but also the child. No matter, how your relations are towards each other, but being a parent both of you would be concerned about the child. In such a case a court can pass on temporary orders regarding who would pay the child support, custody of the child, responsibility of carrying health insurance of the child and schedule of non-custodian parent.

Financial legal aid/ property related issues

Before a court passes its temporary orders regarding property, both the parties are required to make a list of its income and expenses, based on which a court decides a number of issues. After going through the list, the court can pass temporary orders regarding ho would be liable to live in the marital home, who would be accountable for paying the bills, who will be responsible for credit card debts and how will the household items split.

By having a glance at the given article, you must be clear about which orders a court can make!

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