Intro to family law
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Stacieoreilly on June 3, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 married Womens property acts | american women were allowed to own property in their own name |
| no-fault divorce | says that the spouse seeking the divorce and bringing the legal action had merely to testify under oath that the marriage had broken down irretrievably. |
| Child support enforcement amendments | enables mothers to collect child support and ease the social welfare burden on taxpayers |
| summary dissolution of marriage | the filing of officials documents with the appropriate court without the assistance of attorneys |
| simplified divorce procedure | sometimes referred to as summary process or divorce by mutual consent. the parties must appear before the court to dissolve their marriage. |
| Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) | a federal law passed in response to attempts on the part of gay-rights activists to require states to recognize same sax marriages DOMA defines marriage for federal purposes |
| Civil unioins and domestic partnerships | a way for same-sex couples to formalize their relationship and take advantage of some state rights afforded to herterosexual couples |
| Emancipation | a judge declaring a minor an adult in the eyes of the law |
| Marriage License | a document issued by the county clerk that authorizes a couple to get married. |
| Consanguinity | related by blood |
| Affinity | related by marriage |
| Void Ab Initio | from its inception |
| Polygamy | defined as having multiple spouses |
| Bigamy | defined as being married to two people or at the same time |
| Punitative spouse | the second spouse in a polygamous marriage |
| Covenant marriage | response to the rising divorce rate in the us as a result of changes from fault to no-fault divorce. |
| Common law marriage | a marriage created without a license or ceremony |
| Dissolution of marriage | the phrase many jurisdictions use to formally define the word "divorce" |
| Legal separation | a status that allows the parties to live separate and apart, but unable to remarry |
| Annulment | a court order terminating a marriage by declaring it void from its inception. |
| Civil Annulment | an annulment obtained through a court order |
| Religious annulment | obtained through a civil court procedding |
| Voidable marriage | a marriage that is valid at its inception but remains in effect unless the court terminates it |
| Void Marriage | a marriage that is invalid at the time of its creation |
| Sham or Green Card Marriage | a non-citizen requiring us citizenship by marrying a us citizen |
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