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Family Law
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Undergraduate 4
04/26/2012

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What are grounds in a “fault” state?
Definition
Desertion, Cruelty & Adultery
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What are Steps in Equitable Distribution?
Definition
Valuation, Classification, Distribution
Term
What is needed for relocation?
Definition
A court order or written agreement of the parties
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What is service of process?
Definition
The act of notifying a party that they have been sued
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What is it legal standard for a modification of child support?
Definition
Substantial change in circumstances
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What are substantial changes for modification of Alimony?
Definition
Remarriage, Cohabitation, Change in finances
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What are the requirements for a valid marriage in FL?
Definition
Marriage License, Ceremony, Record License
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What is go to the clerk’s office; Sign affidavit with dates & times; State a fear of imminent violence?
Definition
Name 3 steps used to get a DV Injunction
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What is common law marriage?
Definition
This relationship is based on cohabitation & is not recognized in FL
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What is mediation?
Definition
The confidential process where a neutral party helps parties reach a settlement
Term
What are acknowledgement& adjudication?
Definition
How to establish paternity in FL?
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What are Conflicts, Confidentiality, &Unauthorized practice of law?
Definition
Name three ethical considerations for paralegals
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What are Step parent, Adult, Close relative and Entity?
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Name the 4 types of adoption in FL
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What is Loving v. Virginia?
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The Supreme Ct case that limited how a state could restrict marriage
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What is Equal protection &Due process?
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Name the 2 clauses of the 14th Amendment
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What is the Uniform Pre-Marital Act?
Definition
The act that treats a pre-marital agreement like both a contract & higher standard contract
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Name the 2 ways the law regulates personal relationships
Definition
What are restrictions& benefits?
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What is a domestic Partnership?
Definition
Unmarried couples who register and get limited benefits have this type of legal relationship
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Name the 2 “no fault” grounds for divorce in FL
Definition
What are irretrievably broken& mental incapacity?
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What is Shared parental responsibility?
Definition
Name the preferred custody arrangement in FL
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What is equitable Distribution?
Definition
What do FL courts determine first in a divorce
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What is 50/50 or equal?
Definition
How does a community property state divide marital Property
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What is transmutation?
Definition
The term used to describe when non-marital property is converted to marital by the court or vice versa
Term
What are all rights, of a biological father, decision making, moral & financial obligations for child?
Definition
Rights given when paternity is established.
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What is non-marital Property?
Definition
Property that was acquired prior to the marriage & not commingled.
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What are adoption pleadings?
Definition
This is an automatic confidential filing.
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What is Biology Plus?
Definition
An approach by the Supreme Court to determine who is the legal father of a child
Term
What is filing, service, responsive pleading, mandatory disclosure, discovery, settlement, mediation, trial?
Definition
Name 4 steps used in the divorce process.
Term
What is Paternity Disestablishment?
Definition
What is called when a non-biological father seeks to prove a child is not his.
Term
What is newly discovered evidence, current on child support, DNA testing?
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Name 3 things that must be proved for paternity disestablishment.
Term
The Federal law that prevents same sex marriage?
Definition
What is DOMA
Term
What is the Putative Father Registry?
Definition
This must be checked in FL before a biological father's rights can be terminated?
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The length of time a party must be a FL resident before filing for divorce?
Definition
6 Months
Term
Name 2 things you do not need to get a Domestic Violence Injunction?
Definition
What is a filling fee; an underlying case
Term
The only person in FL who can be an adoption intermediary?
Definition
An attorney
Term
Property division can be modified if these are present?
Definition
What is fraud or duress?
Term
You must have this from the birth mother to proceed with an adoption?
Definition
What is Consent?
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The term for granting a spouse an interest is non-marital property?
Definition
What is special Equity
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The law that protects a Mother who leaves her baby at a fire station, hospital, etc.?
Definition
What are Safe Haven Laws.
Term
The term used to describe a marriage that was based on fraud or misrepresentation?
Definition
What is an Annulment.
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