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Chapter 1 Multiple choice questions
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Chapter 1 Multiple choice questions
Family relationships, marriage, civil partnership, cohabitation
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Which of the following is not an element of the definition of? marriage set out in
Hyde v Hyde
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Voluntary
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Until ended by divorce or judicial separation
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One man and one woman
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To the exclusion of all others
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True or false? Polygamous marriages lawfully entered into abroad, where the couple are normally domiciled in England will be valid in England.
True
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False
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Which two of the following elements apply equally to marriages and civil partnerships?
The sexes of the parties
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Whether words need to be spoken to enter into the union
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Whether the parties are within the prohibited degrees of relationship
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True or false? Where parties have lived together for five years or? have children together they may have a common law marriage which? allows them property claims against one another in the event of their? relationship breaking down.
True
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False
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Which of the following is not a difference between the position of? married people/civil partners and cohabitees?
Married people/civil partners have rights to occupy the family home under
s 30 Family Law Act 1996
whereas cohabitants do not
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Married people/civil partners can apply for injunctions under the
Family Law Act 1996
whereas cohabitants cannot
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Married people/civil partners can claim maintenance from their? former partner after the relationship breaks down whereas cohabitants cannot
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Which of the following methods of establishing an interest in? property is the most straightforward?
Express trust
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Resulting trust
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Constructive trust
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Proprietary estoppel
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Which of the following elements is not needed to establish a? constructive trust?
A common intention that both parties should have a beneficial interest
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The claimant must have acted to his detriment on the basis of the common intention
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It would be unconscionable to deny the claimant relief
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Where a party establishes a share in property through proprietary? estoppel, which of the following best describes the court's approach? towards quantifying it?
The party's share will be what the legal title provides
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The party's share will be the minimum required to do justice? between the parties
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The party's share will be what he or she alleged it to be in argument
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The party's share will be the amount which equity determines is fair as between the parties
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Which of the following statements is incorrect?
Where one cohabitant (A) leaves property to another cohabitant (B) in his Will, B must make a claim under the
Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (IPFDA)
to receive anything
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A former cohabitant can claim under the
IPFDA
as a person?maintained by the deceased
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A former cohabitant can claim under the
IPFDA
as a cohabitant of two years or more
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Under
IPFDA
a cohabitant can only claim such financial provision as it would be reasonable in all the circumstances of the case for him or her to receive for his maintenance
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True or false? Although a lesbian or gay couple may now marry, a heterosexual couple may not enter into a civil partnership.
True
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False
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