24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.
Responding to a Dissolution (Divorce), Legal Separation, or Nullity of a Marriage or Domestic Partnership in California
You should use this interview if you have been served with a summons and petition for dissolution (divorce), legal separation or nullity from your spouse or domestic partner asking the court to end your relationship.
Like the Petition, the Response asks for information about the length of your marriage or registered domestic partnership, and other basic information about your relationship. It will ask you what you own and what you owe, and about related issues such as child custody and visitation, child or spousal support, domestic violence, and other matters.
NOTE:
* You only have 30 days to file your Response.
* The days are counted from the date you were served with the summons and petition for divorce from your spouse or partner.
* If your spouse or partner is willing to give you more than 30 days, make sure you get this in writing and have your spouse/partner sign the “extension.”
NOTE:
If any of the following is true, this interview is not suitable for you:
* You and the other party have a signed prenuptial agreement.
* You have an open, ongoing immigration case for yourself.
* You or the other party have an open bankruptcy case.
* You or the other party have more than six children.
* If you are requesting a divorce because your spouse has a permanent legal incapacity, then you will need to have proof of this incapacity and there will need to be a court hearing on the matter. That situation is to complex for this program.
If you want specific legal advice about how to fill out your Response, talk to a lawyer or your local legal aid association. In a divorce or legal separation, you and your spouse or domestic partner may have disagreements so what you write on your Response can be very important and can affect the outcome of the case.
The law of marriage was given in the second chapter of the Bible. Marriage was defined by God as being between one man and one woman long before the Old Covenant or today’s social and political machinations. The plain truth is that God established this law for a purpose, providing the blessing of marriage and family by taking two equal but different people and joining them together.
God emphasized this to Adam by having him name each animal so that Adam understood that it was not good for him to be alone (Genesis 2:18-20). So God created a helper, a companion—a woman, but was she just to be his assistant? By no means! She was given the same tasks, responsibility and rulership over the rest of creation as the man (Genesis 1:28-31).
Husband and wife, Adam and Eve, man and woman, were given a joint purpose to strive together in hope and love for a reason—one that is lost today as society has twisted the gender roles and marriage into broken societal trappings in place of a God-given law (Matthew 19:3-6).
Genesis 2:24-25 records, “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” The Bible makes clear that God does not require everyone to marry, but those who do should follow this law for the stability of the family and society. This is a law that was before any covenant and that spans across both Old and New Covenants. God is deeply concerned about families, for He is in the process of building one!
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