Self test questions: Divorce, dissolution, and judicial separation

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. Which of the following would bring a Civil Partnership to an end?

A decree absolute correct incorrect

A judicial separation order correct incorrect

A conditional dissolution order correct incorrect

A final dissolution order correct incorrect

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. Which of the following are grounds for divorce?

Adultery correct incorrect

Behaviour correct incorrect

Irretrievable breakdown correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following facts cannot be used to prove irretrievable breakdown of a civil partnership?

That the respondent has committed adultery and the petitioner cannot reasonably be expected to live with the respondent correct incorrect

That the respondent has behaved in such a way that the petitioner cannot reasonably be expected to live with the respondent correct incorrect

That the respondent has deserted the petitioner for a continuous period of at least two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition correct incorrect

That the parties to the marriage have lived apart for a continuous period of at least two years immediately before the petition is presented and the respondent consents to a decree being granted correct incorrect

That the parties to the marriage have lived apart for a continuous period of at least five years before the petition is presented correct incorrect

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. What is the effect on an adultery petition of continued cohabitation after the petitioner discovers the adultery?

None at all correct incorrect

If the parties cohabit for less than six months after the petitioner discovers the adultery this is ignored when deciding if the petitioner finds it intolerable to live with the respondent correct incorrect

If the parties cohabit for more than six months after the petitioner discovers the adultery this is ignored when deciding if the petitioner finds it intolerable to live with the respondent correct incorrect

If the parties cohabit after the adultery then the petitioner cannot rely on the adultery correct incorrect

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. The test for the behaviour fact is:

Subjective correct incorrect

Objective correct incorrect

Objective and subjective correct incorrect

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. Which of the following would not be enough for a petition based on behaviour?

Criticism, disapproval and boorish behaviour correct incorrect

A collection of trivial acts correct incorrect

Negative behaviour such as prolonged silences and periods of inactivity correct incorrect

Failure to give spontaneous, demonstrative affection correct incorrect

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. True or false? In petitions based on desertion, where the parties resume living together for a period or periods totalling less than six months, this will not prevent the petitioner from relying on desertion.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. In a petition based on two years' separation with consent, if the parties separated on 1 January 2011 what would be the first date on which the petition could be filed?

31 December 2012 correct incorrect

1 January 2013 correct incorrect

2 January 2013 correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was not one of the aims of the Family Law Act 1996?

To support the institution of marriage correct incorrect

To encourage the parties to take all practicable steps to save a marriage which has broken down correct incorrect

To encourage the parties to use mediation to resolve disputes between them correct incorrect

To remove or diminish the risk of violence to the parties and any children in so far as reasonably practicable correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements about judicial separation is untrue?

The parties need to prove that the marriage has broken down irretrievably correct incorrect

The parties need to establish one of the five facts to prove irretrievable breakdown correct incorrect

Civil partners can obtain a separation order which is equivalent to judicial separation correct incorrect

A judicial separation allows the court to make orders relating to the parties' finances and any children correct incorrect