divorce agreement

divorce agreement. A contractual agreement that sets out divorcing spouses’ rights and responsibilities regarding property, alimony, custody, visitation, and child support. • The divorce agreement usu. becomes incorporated by court order as a part of the divorce decree and thus is enforceable by contempt, among other remedies. — Also termed agreement incident to divorce; marital settlement agreement; separation agreement. Cf. PROPERTY SETTLEMENT.

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