Matrimonial home or marital home?

English translation: marital home

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English term or phrase:	Matrimonial home or marital home?
Selected answer:	marital home

22:19 Aug 8, 2011

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English term or phrase: Matrimonial home or marital home?

I have translated a divorce petition into my native UK English, but the client needs US English.
Which is the correct formal usage here in Court orders? In UK we use "matrimonial home".

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marital home

Explanation:
The German Civil Code in translation uses matrimonial home, but marital home is common in the US.

The following questions and answers concerning the marital home and divorce can help you understand some of the issues that need to be considered when dividing one of the biggest assets of the marital estate.
http://www.womansdivorce.com/marital-home-and-divorce.html

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Florida attorneys-at-law:

http://www.parklanddivorceattorney.com/coral-springs-parklan...

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