quiz 1

Question 1

Exclusive Jurisdiction

Answer 1

A court’s power to hear certain actions of classes of actions to the exclusion of all other courts

Question 2

settlement

Answer 2

the practice of negotiating areas of disagreement and, through compromise, reaching an agreement to present to the court

Question 3

Mediation

Answer 3

where the parties meet and attempt to resolve the pending issues surrounding their dissolution of marriage action with the assistance of a trained third party either court-provided and free, or privately engaged and paid.

Question 4

Alternative dispute resolution

Answer 4

a method of resolving disputes between parties without resorting to a trial

Question 5

No-fault divorce

Answer 5

where one of the parties only has to allege that the marriage has broken down and that there is no hope of reconciliation in order for the court to dissolve a marriage

Question 6

Pro se litigants

Answer 6

individuals who represent themselves in legal proceedings

Question 7

Marriage

Answer 7

the joining of one man and one woman in a civil contract

Question 8

Civil marriage or Civil ceremony

Answer 8

when a state official, such as a judge or justice of the peace, performs a ceremony joining two single adults who have met the state’s statutory qualifications in a marital union

Question 9

Religious marriage

Answer 9

the religious solemnization of the union of two individuals according to the requirements of the particular faith in question

Question 10

Common law marriage

Answer 10

marriage created without a license or ceremony

Question 11

Emancipation

Answer 11

Acquiring adult status; a youth may be emancipated by operation, that is, on his or her birthday by reaching the age of majority or court order at a young age

Question 12

marriage license

Answer 12

document issued by the county clerk that authorizes a couple to get married

Question 13

bigamy

Answer 13

being married to two people at the same time

Question 13

marriage certificate

Answer 13

document prepared by the official performing the marriage

Question 14

prenuptial agreement

Answer 14

contract entered into by the prospective spouses regarding their rights during the marriage and in the events of a divorce

Question 15

Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (UPAA)

Answer 15

provide states with model legislation addressing issues necessary to create a valid premarital agreement; drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Union State Law

Question 16

Public policy

Answer 16

A belief generally held by a majority of the public as to the desirability or the rightness of the wrongness or certain behavior

Question 17

Confidentiality clause

Answer 17

an agreement where the parties agree not to discuss the details of their relationship to the press

Question 18

Infidelity clause

Answer 18

triggered if one of the spouses commits adultery. purpose is to penalize the cheating spouse by affecting the divorce settlements

Question 19

Divorce

Answer 19

the complete legal severance of the marital relationship

Question 20

settlement conference

Answer 20

A meeting with both lawyers and their respective clients with the specific goal of settling the case without court intervention

Question 21

Annulment

Answer 21

a judicial decision that a valid marriage does not exist or never existed between a person and another party

Question 21

Request for production of documents

Answer 21

a formal request for documents such as earnings information

Question 21

Requests for admission

Answer 21

one spouse formally requests that the other spouse formally admit relevant facts or events that inevitably can be proved at trial

Question 22

depositions

Answer 22

procedures where one party orders the other or a person who may be called as a witness at trial to appear and answer questions under oath.