Question 1

What is family law?

Accepted Answer

The area of law that governs family related issues.

Question 2

What does family law cover?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 3

What can the court do in family law?

Accepted Answer

Award custody and set a parenting plan , divide property and debts

Question 4

What is a file clerk responsible for?

Accepted Answer

File papers and keep the files organized and up to date

Question 5

Can one lawyer represent both spouses?

Accepted Answer

No

Question 6

What is it called when the court award custody to both parents?

Accepted Answer

Joint Custody

Question 7

What U.S. Supreme Court case established the federal right to interracial marriage?

Accepted Answer

Loving v. Virginia

Question 8

What is it called when you combine separate and marital property?

Accepted Answer

Commingling

Question 9

What is the legal term for the financial support paid by one spouse to the other after a divorce?

Accepted Answer

Alimony

Question 10

In a divorce case does the mother always gets custody of the children?

Accepted Answer

false

Question 11

What term decribes a serious crime?

Accepted Answer

Felony

Question 12

What court process legally cancels a marriage as if it never happened?

Accepted Answer

Annulment

Question 13

A judge can order a party to pay their ex-spouse legal fees in a divorce case?

Accepted Answer

true

Question 14

What is the minimum age to marring most U.S. states?

Accepted Answer

18

Question 15

You must be married to get a court order for child support?

Accepted Answer

false

Question 16

What are two of the three documents typically issued from a dissolution of marriage with children?

Accepted Answer

Divorce decree, Custody order

Question 17

What is the legal term for the ability to make legal decisions for a child, even if you don't have sole custody?

Accepted Answer

Parental responsibility

Question 18

Is it illegal to have marriage between two people who are the same sex?

Accepted Answer

no, same sex marriage is legal in all states in the U.S.

Question 19

In which year did divorce become widely available to the public in the United States?

Accepted Answer

1971

Question 20

A prenuptial agreement cannot include provisions for child custody or child support?

Accepted Answer

false

Family Law Trivia

2) What does family law cover?

3) What can the court do in family law?

4) What is a file clerk responsible for?

5) Can one lawyer represent both spouses?

6) What is it called when the court award custody to both parents?

7) What U.S. Supreme Court case established the federal right to interracial marriage?

8) What is it called when you combine separate and marital property?

9) What is the legal term for the financial support paid by one spouse to the other after a divorce?

10) In a divorce case does the mother always gets custody of the children?

11) What term decribes a serious crime?

12) What court process legally cancels a marriage as if it never happened?

13) A judge can order a party to pay their ex-spouse legal fees in a divorce case?

14) What is the minimum age to marring most U.S. states?

15) You must be married to get a court order for child support?

16) What are two of the three documents typically issued from a dissolution of marriage with children?

17) What is the legal term for the ability to make legal decisions for a child, even if you don't have sole custody?

18) Is it illegal to have marriage between two people who are the same sex?

19) In which year did divorce become widely available to the public in the United States?

20) A prenuptial agreement cannot include provisions for child custody or child support?