Divorce refers to enlisting the court's help to end your marriage. A dissolution of marriage, on the other hand, is an agreement between you and your spouse on how to resolve questions such as child custody and property division, without a judge intervening.
It happens when two people have been legally married, and one or both of them goes through the court process to have the marriage ended.Orders about alimony, division of property, name changes, child custody, visitation, and support can all be made in a divorce.
Act or process of dissolving; termination; winding up. The dissolution of a contract is its Rescission by the parties themselves or by a court that nullifies its binding force and reinstates each party to his or her original position prior to the contract.
1 : the act or process of dissolving: such as. a : separation into component parts. b(1) : decay, disintegration.