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Family Law Chs 6-7 vocab/concept review

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A legal _____ is a declaration or judgment that two people are living apart and are still husband and wife.
_______ jurisdiction is required in order to order spousal support, child support, and property division.
A no-fault ground for divorce established by showing that the spouses lived separately for a designated period of consecutive time during which they intended to end the marriage
A prior existing marriage, consanguinity, and a sham marriage are grounds that render a marriage _______.
Place where a person has been physically present with the intent to make that place a permanent home (or at least with no intent to make any other place a permanent home.
The _____ ______ exception to diversity of citizenship jurisdiction provides that federal courts do not have subject-matter jurisdiction over the granting of divorce, alimony, or child custody even if there is diversity of citizenship among the parties and an amount in dispute over $75,000, which will usually give such jurisdiction to a federal court.
A no-fault ground for divorce established by showing that there is such discord between the husband and wife that it is impossible for them to live together in a normal marital relationship.
Another term for divorce, a court’s termination of a marriage for specified grounds.
The effective date of an annulment is the date the parties ______ the marriage, in most states.
The ______ of a marriage is determined by the law of the state in which the marriage was entered or contracted.
A ______divorce is a divorce judgment or decree that is enforceable only in part. The part of a divorce decree that dissolves the marriage is enforceable (if the plaintiff was domiciled in the state), but the part of the divorce that ordered alimony, child support, or a property division is not enforceable (if the court did not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant).
A court may appoint a guardian ___ ____ to appear on behalf of and protect the interests in a divorce proceeding of a child or other person without legal capacity.
A divorce that is granted divorce without having to prove marital wrongs that caused the break-up.
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Conflict of ____ is when there is an inconsistency between the law of different legal systems, such as two states or two countries.
When a spouse squanders marital assets just before or during the divorce litigation
An ______ divorce is one granted on the ground that a spouse has disappeared for a designated number of years with no explanation.
The suspension of a judgment or proceeding, court may order a _____ for a limited number of days if the court concludes that there is a reasonable possibility of reconciliation.
The most commonly used form of alternate dispute resolution (ADR) in divorce cases, in which the parties avoid litigation by submitting their dispute to a neutral third person who helps the parties resolve their dispute; he or she does not render a decision resolving it for them.
One is _____ from denying the validity of a divorce judgment on jurisdictional grounds if they are the person who petitioned for or obtained the divorce judgment, if they helped the other spouse obtain the divorce judgment, or if they took benefits from the divorce judgment.
Another state will recognize a marriage that is valid in the state in which it was entered into unless to do so would violate a strong public policy of the state asked to recognize it.
Full ____ ____ ____ is the state's constitutional obligation to recognize the legal decisions of another state.
A declaration by a court that a validly entered marriage is terminated so that the parties are no longer married to each other.
Nonage, physical disability, mental disability, duress and fraud are grounds that render a marriage _______.
___________ differences, a no-fault ground for divorce established by showing that there is such discord between the husband and wife that there has been an irremediable breakdown of the marriage.
All states now allow for a ____ ______ divorce.
Voidable marriages can be _______, but void marriages cannot be.
A declaration by a court that a valid marriage never existed.
____ _____ jurisdiction is the court’s power over a particular res, which is a thing (e.g., a car) or a status (e.g., a marriage) that is located within the territory over which the court has authority. It is acquired by the domicile of the husband or the wife in the state. In divorce actions, the res is the marriage, which is “located” in any state where one or both spouses are domiciled.