Understanding Business and Personal Law

Chapter 32: Divorce and Its Legal Consequences

Divorce and Its Legal Consequences


1.	The support of children is a basic obligation of every parent regardless of who has custody.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


2.	Adultery is the most common ground for divorce.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


3.	No-fault divorce
		A)	allows for the dissolution of marriage to take place within 30 days.
		B)	requires that you live apart from your spouse for one year before divorce is allowed.
		C)	is a declaration by the court that the marriage was never effective.
		D)	eliminates the need to prove that one party is to blame.


4.	An annulment is a declaration by the court that
		A)	divorce proceedings have begun.
		B)	the marriage was never effective.
		C)	reconciliation has been attempted.
		D)	no one party is to blame.


5.	A domicile is
		A)	a place that you have no intention of returning to live.
		B)	different from a residence because you can have several domiciles at a time.
		C)	your principal place of abode.
		D)	a residence which can be abandoned or surrendered at any time.


6.	In a divorce case, the court's jurisdiction is based on where the person seeking the divorce makes his or her home.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


7.	When a couple divorces, the marital property is generally distributed to the spouse who has title to it.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


8.	Sole custody gives all parental rights, duties, and responsibilities to
		A)	the grandparents.
		B)	one parent.
		C)	the courts.
		D)	both parents.


9.	Alimony is
		A)	an allowance for support and maintenance.
		B)	based on a percentage of the marital assets.
		C)	provided to a spouse even if he or she has been found at fault during the marriage.
		D)	intended to be a penalty for divorce.


10.	Marriages generally can be annulled on the grounds of duress and cruelty.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE