Lesson 7

Question 1

Putative Relationship

Answer 1

A putative marriage exists where one or both spouses believe in good faith that they are validly married, even though in fact they are not.

Question 2

Putative Spouse

Answer 2

The spouse or spouses in a putative marriage that innocently believes the marriage to be valid. (If one of the spouses knows that the marriage is not valid, that spouse is not a putative spouse.)

Question 3

Quasi-Marital Property

Answer 3

Quasi-marital property is all property acquired during a void or voidable marriage, in which one or both parties has the status of a putative spouse, which would have been community property or quasi-community property if the marriage had not been void or voidable.

Question 4

“Marvin” or Meretricious Relationship

Answer 4

A meretricious relationship is one where both parties know that they are not validly married.