Major Acts

Question 1

Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)

Answer 1

[1996]
- providing heterosexual definition of marriage and spouse for purposes of federal benefits, subsequently declared unconstitutional; and also allowing states to refuse to recognize same sex marriage granted under the laws of other states
Left recognition of same-sex marriage to state discretion under Full Faith and Credit Clause

Question 2

Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

Answer 2

[1974] -

federal statute that establishes exclusive standards and requirements for pension plans in private industry.

Question 3

Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act (FFCSOA)

Answer 3

[1994]

- requiring states to adopt procedures regarding recognition of other state’s decrees of child support

Question 4

Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA)

Answer 4

[1997] 
- interstate enforcement of custody decrees 
Virtually all states 
Strict requirements for modification 
Priority to home state jurisdiction

Question 5

Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)

Answer 5

[amended 2016]

- establishment, enforcement, and modification of child support modifications

Question 6

Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act (UMDA)

Answer 6

[1974]

- permitted no-fault divorce

Question 7

Uniform Marital Property Act (UMPA)

Answer 7

[1983]
 - defined the ownership of property by married persons and the means to divide the property in the event of divorce or death. The Uniform Marital Property Act (UMPA) created a class of property that belonged to the marriage rather than the individuals.

Question 8

Uniform Parentage Act (UPA)

Answer 8

[2002]
- facilitate paternity establishment by providing for legal parenthood by fathers who receive a child into their homes and publicly acknowledge the child or acknowledge the child in writing to a court or administrative agency