Deck 1: Introduction to Family Law and Practice

Question 1

A stipulation is a disagreement between opposing parties about a particular matter.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Federal law:

A)has little role in family law since family law is governed by state law
B)determines when parties can be divorced
C)has greatly influenced the law of child support

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Most of family law is written by the federal government.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Define common law.

Question 5

Define family law.

Question 6

Interrogatories are sent by parties to other parties.

Question 7

A survey found that just under 39 percent of Americans felt that marriage is _______________.

Question 8

Briefly mention five major themes that are expected to play a major role in family law in the twenty-first century.

Question 9

Which of the following are not primary authority?

A)legal encyclopedias
B)statutes
C)court opinions
D)court rules

Question 10

The main categories of court opinions are:

A)opinions that interpret statutes
B)statutes that interpret opinions
C)opinions that create and interpret common law
D)a and c

Question 11

Primary authority is any nonlaw that a court could rely on in reaching its conclusion.

Question 12

What do we mean when we say that marriage is a status?

Question 13

At one time in the eyes of the law the husband and wife were one and the one was the ________________________.

Question 14

Define bias.

Question 15

Changes in state law that result mainly from (a) laws written by the federal legislature (Congress) and (b) interpretations of the U.S. Constitution by the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts are called ________________________ .

Question 16

What is the danger and the value of Wikipedia.com? FILL IN THE BLANK Complete each statement.

Question 17

The now-rejected rule that the legal identity of a wife is subsumed into the legal identity of the husband is called ________________________ .

Question 18

A conflict of interest actually or potentially places a person at a disadvantage even though he or she is owed undivided loyalty.

Question 19

Family law has not changed much because society's definition of a family has not changed.

Question 20

The ________________________ is the court's answer to a legal issue.

Question 21

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. prejudgment
b. fundamental right
c. any law
d. spoliation
e. judge-made law
f. sent to parties
g. heavily influenced by federal law
h. power to determine constitutionality of a law
i. secondary authority
j. divided loyalty
common law

Question 22

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. prejudgment
b. fundamental right
c. any law
d. spoliation
e. judge-made law
f. sent to parties
g. heavily influenced by federal law
h. power to determine constitutionality of a law
i. secondary authority
j. divided loyalty
improper deletion of evidence

Question 23

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. prejudgment
b. fundamental right
c. any law
d. spoliation
e. judge-made law
f. sent to parties
g. heavily influenced by federal law
h. power to determine constitutionality of a law
i. secondary authority
j. divided loyalty
child support

Question 24

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. prejudgment
b. fundamental right
c. any law
d. spoliation
e. judge-made law
f. sent to parties
g. heavily influenced by federal law
h. power to determine constitutionality of a law
i. secondary authority
j. divided loyalty
interrogatories

Question 25

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. prejudgment
b. fundamental right
c. any law
d. spoliation
e. judge-made law
f. sent to parties
g. heavily influenced by federal law
h. power to determine constitutionality of a law
i. secondary authority
j. divided loyalty
bias

Question 26

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. prejudgment
b. fundamental right
c. any law
d. spoliation
e. judge-made law
f. sent to parties
g. heavily influenced by federal law
h. power to determine constitutionality of a law
i. secondary authority
j. divided loyalty
conflict of interest

Question 27

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. prejudgment
b. fundamental right
c. any law
d. spoliation
e. judge-made law
f. sent to parties
g. heavily influenced by federal law
h. power to determine constitutionality of a law
i. secondary authority
j. divided loyalty
primary authority

Question 28

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. prejudgment
b. fundamental right
c. any law
d. spoliation
e. judge-made law
f. sent to parties
g. heavily influenced by federal law
h. power to determine constitutionality of a law
i. secondary authority
j. divided loyalty
judicial review

Question 29

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. prejudgment
b. fundamental right
c. any law
d. spoliation
e. judge-made law
f. sent to parties
g. heavily influenced by federal law
h. power to determine constitutionality of a law
i. secondary authority
j. divided loyalty
strict scrutiny

Question 30

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. prejudgment
b. fundamental right
c. any law
d. spoliation
e. judge-made law
f. sent to parties
g. heavily influenced by federal law
h. power to determine constitutionality of a law
i. secondary authority
j. divided loyalty
legal treatise