Quiz 2

Question 1

Alimony

Answer 1

A sum of money, or other property, paid by a former spouse for financial support, pursuant to a court order, temporary or final, in a divorce proceeding

Question 2

Rehabilitative alimony

Answer 2

Spousal support that is awarded for a limited period of time to give the spouse the opportunity to become self-sufficient

Question 3

Modification of alimony

Answer 3

the issue of whether spousal support may be either increased or decreased after the original order has been entered due to a substantial change in one spouse’s circumstances

Question 4

Contempt proceeding

Answer 4

a civil proceeding that a party may commence to force the payor spouse to comply with the court’s order when the party entitled to alimony is not paid

Question 5

willful contempt

Answer 5

when the recipient spouse proves that the payor spouse has the means to make weekly payments but purposefully and deliberately fails to do so

Question 6

marital assets

Answer 6

the property acquired during a marriage

Question 7

separate property

Answer 7

acquired by a spouse prior to the marriage, or after a marriage by a gift, inheritance, or will, designated to that particular spouse alone

Question 8

Community Property Distribution

Answer 8

A system of property division that assumes that both husband and wife contributed to the accumulation of marital assets

Question 9

Sole custody

Answer 9

where one parent has exclusive custody of the child

Question 10

best interest of the child

Answer 10

opened the contest for custody not only to fathers but to other potential caregivers when the child’s well-being or interest could be best served by such a custody determination

Question 11

Expert witness

Answer 11

a person with specialized knowledge who is called to testify in court

Question 12

primary caretaker

Answer 12

the individual who has taken on the main responsibility for the daily care, rearing, and nurturing of a child

Question 13

joint custody

Answer 13

arrangement in which parents are equally responsible for the financial, emotional, educational, and health-related needs of their children

Question 14

Custodial parent

Answer 14

the parent with whom the child primarily resides

Question 15

Visitation rights

Answer 15

right of a noncustodial parent to frequently spend time with the child unless the court finds that visitation in some way endangers the child’s emotional, mental, moral, or physical health

Question 16

unsupervised visitation

Answer 16

a type of visitation that permits a noncustodial parent to freely visit with the child without others present

Question 17

Supervised visitation

Answer 17

a type of visitation that limits or restricts a parent’s visitation rights

Question 18

parenting plan

Answer 18

An agreement created by both parents detailing how they will continue their parenting responsibilities towards their children after their marriage is dissolved

Question 19

Third-party intervenor

Answer 19

a party who is not one of the main parties in a dispute

Question 20

Child support guidelines

Answer 20

statutorily enacted formulas for determining the amount the non-custodial parent must pay for the support of each child

Question 21

Combined net income

Answer 21

the figure arrived at when each parent’s net income is added together to determine child support

Question 22

Total net income

Answer 22

the figure arrived at when each parent’s net income is added to determine child support

Question 23

Motion for modification of child support

Answer 23

document requesting the court to order the noncustodial parent to pay higher periodic child support payments, so less of custodial parent’s income will be needed for child

Question 24

who has final say in agreement of child support?

Answer 24

A judge

Question 25

Motion for contempt

Answer 25

a document that alerts the court to the other party’s failure to comply with the court’s earlier order and requests that the court provided relief

Question 26

Capias

Answer 26

a document empowering a sheriff to arrest a nonappearing, noncustodial parent and bring him or her to jail or to court