Law Quiz - Family Law

Void

no legal standing

Petitioner

party who files division

Capacity

mental state to get married

Affinity

relationship that a person has to the blood relatives of a spouse by virtue of the marriage

Decree of nullity

order that declares marriage never even existed

Respondent

responds to the petitioner, responds to the division claim

Impotence

man’s inability to consumate, acceptable for anullment

Anullment

marriage is invalid since there was a defect in the marriage taking place

Marriage breakdown

the process of the marriage breaking, ex. you haven’t lived together for a year

Monogamy

only being able to marry one person, legal

Adultry

provides grounds for divorce, cheating

Bigamy

having two partners at once, illegal to marry 2 in Canada

Consanguinity

kinship with a relative who is descended from a common ancestor

Reconciliation

resuming the marriage that was previously separated

Nuclear family

a mom, a dad, and children living in one home