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Glossary of
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Habitual Residence: The place where a
person resides - 'as of habit ' or permanently, for the
purposes of the law.
Hardship: The inability of a parent
to support his or her children because of a financial
strain.
Health Insurance Order: A court order
that instructs the non - custodial parent to purchase health
and dental insurance for the children and to add them to the
policy.
Hearing: Any proceeding that takes
place before a court where testimony is given and arguments
are heard.
Hearsay: Something a person claims he
or she was told by someone else. Often hearsay cannot be
used as evidence in a trial.
Hold Harmless: A phrase used to
describe an agreement by which one person agrees to assume
full liability for an obligation and protect another from
any loss or expense from that obligation.
Home State: The state where the child
has lived for at least six consecutive months or since birth
if the child is less than six months old.
Hostile Witness: A witness who shows
prejudice during testimony that the party who called him or
her will actually do a cross - examination
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