Exam 8: Family Law

Which of the following is a category of marital property?

Laws regarding family and personal relationships are generally found in:

Spousal support is awarded when people end their marriage.

Family law deals with legal issues that affect personal relationships.

Not all family law matters concern married persons. Multiple Choice

In all family law matters, the court will be most interested in the welfare of the children.

A marital partner has no legal interest in quasi-community property.

Which of the following is not a form of child custody?

A legal separation asks the court to resolve just the child support and child custody issues.

Parents do not always have a legal duty to support their children.

A premarital agreement may help to protect the assets of persons who plan to marry.

Once a court determines that a parent-child relationship exists, it must consider:

A divorce is a total dissolving of a marriage.

The petition is the pleading used to initiate a family law action.

The discovery process in family law will not involve:

A temporary restraining order in a family law matter

The court will retain jurisdiction over

In child custody matters the court will look for solutions that are:

An annulment proceeding is used to obtain a court declaration that:

A legal separation asks the court to grant the parties