Glossary of Legal Definitions
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Qualified Medical Child Support Order (QMCSO)
An order or judgment that provides for medical support for a child of a parent covered by a group health plan or provides for health benefit coverage for the child.
Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO)
An order or judgment issued by a court and approved by a pension plan, that divides a pension plan in order to make a fair division of property or to pay for child or spousal support.
Quash
To make void, to vacate, to annul, to set aside. For example, to quash a subpoena means that the court will not enforce the subpoena because it has been voided or set aside.
Quasi-Community Property
Quasi-community property is any type of property that was acquired by either one or both spouses or domestic partners when living in another state that, had it been acquired while living in California, it would have been considered community property. In other words, if you or your spouse or partner were living outside of California during your marriage or partnership, and you had any earnings, bought any real estate, or acquired any other type of property that in California would be community property, that property is called quasi-community property. And, in a divorce or legal separation in California, it will be treated as community property.
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