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Sam bought a house for $200,000. He spent $50,000 to add a room. He sold the house for $260,000.

A putative father is a man proven to be the biological father of the child.

The person to whom an obligation is owed is the obligor.

By definition, an equitable distribution of marital property must be an equal distribution.

By definition, an equitable distribution of marital property must be an equal distribution.

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It is possible for someone with a valid jurisdictional objection to a divorce judgment to be estopped from raising that objection.

Commingled separate and marital property may be treated as marital property if clear evidence does not indicate otherwise.

Some states will invalidate a marriage entered in their state solely to evade the marriage laws of another state.

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