Family Law Vocab (Specific For Test) Flashcards
The practice or condition of being married to more than one person at a time
Bigamy
Domestic contract between two unmarried people who are living together; concerning party, and obligations to each other
Cohabitation agreement
A cohabitation agreement, marriage, contract, or separation agreement; made between two partners in a relationship and concerning property, and obligations to each other
Domestic contract
Conditions that must be met for a marriage to be valid (legal capacity, genuine consent); under federal jurisdiction
Essential requirements for marriage
Legal condition for performing marriage ceremonies; under provincial and territorial jurisdiction
Formal requirements for marriage
A legal agreement between partners were married, or plan to get married; concerning property, and obligations to each other
Marriage contract
The first steps and preliminaries, including the ceremony, leading to marriage; authority over, which was granted to the provinces
Solemnization of marriage
The process of getting the legal rights of a parent to child and raising a child as one of its own
Adoption
A court order permanently granted, legal custody and guardianship of a child to the Crown, represented by a child protection (the children’s age society)
Crown wardship
A family group, consisting of parent(s) the children, and other close relatives (grandparents)
 Extended family
Sexual intercourse with a person, knowing that he, or she is close, blood related (child, grandchild, brother, half sister)
Incest
Goods and services needed to ensure a persons, health and welfare (food, clothing, shelter)
Necessaries
The creation of one’s offspring
Procreation
A ruling that a relationship never was a marriage
Annulment
In a divorce, proceeding, based on the respondents adultery, the person with whom he/she committed adultery
Co-respondent
The spouse initiating a petition for divorce; as opposed to the respondent
Petitioner
in marriage law, spouse, being sued for divorce
Respondent
Financial assistance paid by one spouse to another after marriage breakdown
Spousal support
The care and control of a child awarded by the court temporarily to one parent
Interim custody
The care and control of a child awarded by the court to both parents
Joint custody
The right of a non-custodial parent to flexible, and regular visits with a child, and to acquire about the child’s health, welfare, and education
Reasonable access
The right of the non-custodial parent to certain prearrange visits with the child (weekends, certain holidays), and to inquire about the child’s health, welfare, and education
Specified access
The home in which the couple live during their marriage
Matrimonial home
Possessions owned by the spouses during the marriage; also called marital property’s; concerning family, assets, and non-family or business assets
Matrimonial property
The person (usually a parent) who chiefly attends the daily needs of a child
Primary caregiver
