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Term Definition
Standard of Care
- the test a court uses to determine whether or not a party acted negligently.
Application in Divorce
The general standard of care is what a "reasonably prudent" person would have done in similar circumstances. This sets an objective standard of reasonable care against the careless or inadvertent actions of another.
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as well as a failure to act in a reasonably prudent manner.
See also Negligence.
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