Quiz 9 Review

Question 1

annulment

Answer 1

judicial dissolution of marriage on the ground that valid marriage did not take place

Question 2

best interests of the child test

Answer 2

the doctrine under which custody of a child is awarded to the parent who is better able to foster the child’s best interests

Question 3

civil unions

Answer 3

a legally sanctioned same-sex relationship carrying all of the rights and duties of marriage

Question 4

common law marriages

Answer 4

marriages recognized at common law simply on the basis of cohabitation

Question 5

community property

Answer 5

property acquired by a husband and wife during their marriage, other than property acquired by gift or inheritance, in a state that has community property laws

Question 6

dissolution of a marriage

Answer 6

legal termination of a marriage through divorce or annulment

Question 7

domestic partnership

Answer 7

an agreement between two persons of the same sex to live and cohabit together

Question 8

irretrievably broken

Answer 8

unable to be repaired (as in marriage)

Question 9

joint custody

Answer 9

shared responsibility of divorced parents concerning control and supervision of children

Question 10

legal separation

Answer 10

an agreement whereby parties agree to live separate or apart from one another OR a court order providing for spouses to live separate from one another, often making provisions for support of a spouse and children but not dissolving the marriage

Question 11

marital property

Answer 11

property acquired by spouses, other than by gift or inheritance, during their marriage

Question 12

marriage

Answer 12

a special contractual relationship formed according to law between a man and a woman that results in the regulation of the social and economic status of the parties by law

Question 13

no-fault dissolution of marriage

Answer 13

a court judgment dissolving a marriage without the necessity of one spouse’s proving the other spouse to be at fault in the marriage

Question 14

paternity

Answer 14

biological fatherhood

Question 15

prenuptial agreements

Answer 15

contracts entered into by a man and woman before their marriage settling their property rights upon death of one party or in the event of divorce

Question 16

putative father

Answer 16

a man who is regarded to the the father of a child although paternity has not been established

Question 17

residence requirements

Answer 17

legal requirements that parties have resided in a jurisdiction for a minimum period of time before voting, running for office, marrying or receiving certain benefits to which residents are entitled

Question 18

same-sex marriages

Answer 18

marriages between persons of the same sex

Question 19

separate maintenance

Answer 19

an allowance that a court orders paid to a wife who is living apart from her husband in order to provide for the wife and the parties’ children

Question 20

surrogate

Answer 20

one who acts in the place of another

Question 21

termination of parental rights

Answer 21

a court judgment declaring an end to a natural parent’s rights over his or her child

Question 22

miscegenation

Answer 22

Marriage between separate races, at one point prohibited by Arizona law

Question 23

covenant marriages

Answer 23

marriages recognized by Arizona in which the couples agree to obtain premarital counseling and accept more limited grounds for divorce