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Why do people keep talking about dissolution instead of divorce and spousal support instead of alimony?

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Why do people keep talking about dissolution instead of divorce and spousal support instead of alimony?

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In both cases, the terms are interchangeable. The vocabulary comes out of our Family Code, which is based on no-fault divorce (see that topic) and tries to find new words to replace terms from fault based systems.