NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN (NCMEC) - works with parents and police in locating and preventing the exploitation of children.

NECESSARIES - the common law doctrine that if a person fails to support another to whom he has a duty to support, he or she becomes liable to the third parties who provide the necessaries, such as a grocer.

NEGLIGENCE - a term applied to a person whose carelessness or lack of attention fails to square with the assumed level of care that a person is assumed to have.

NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT; NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT - when the parties, usually with counsel, develop a separation agreement that is not mediated or arbitrated.

NESTING - a temporary custody arrangement whereby the child remains in the marital home and the parents, each in turn and on a weekly or monthly schedule, make the house his or her residence.

NO-FAULT DIVORCE - a type of divorce that may be granted even though either spouse has not performed any kind of marital misconduct.

NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT - the parent who does not have physical custody of the child, and who typically is paying child support to the child.

NON-MARITAL PROPERTY - property considered by the courts to belong to one spouse or another and that which is not available for equitable distribution.

NONQUALIFIED PLAN - an employment or retirement plan not regulated by ERISA, including many deferred pay plans such as ESOPs, stock options and other future-based compensation plans.

NOTICE; LEGAL NOTICE; NOTICE OF MOTION - the procedure for informing a party that a legal action or motion is pending against him or her in a court.

NOTICE TO PETITION - written notification by one party to another party that a hearing is to be held to determine relief.

NOTICE TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS - a vehicle used in discovery, it is a request to produce documents.

NOTICE TO TAKE (ORAL) DEPOSITION - a request for the other party to appear at a specific place and time for an oral examination under oath.

NULLITY - a decree indicating that a marriage is null and void.

NUNC PRO TUNC - a Latin term meaning "for now for then."

NUPTIAL - of or pertaining to marriage.

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