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Chapter 2 Multiple choice questions
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Chapter 2 Multiple choice questions
Nullity
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Which of the following factors are not factors that should be taken? into account when deciding whether a marriage is a non-marriage?
Whether the ceremony or event set out or purported to be a lawful marriage
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Whether it bore all or enough of the hallmarks of marriage
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Whether an impartial observer would believe the ceremony or event constituted a lawful marriage
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The reasonable perceptions, understandings, and beliefs of those in attendance
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Which of the following statements about sham marriages is incorrect?
They are void
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They may be used as a way to gain residence to a country, to gain a work permit or to claim benefits
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The parties do not intend to live together as husband and wife
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They are valid
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Which of the following can you marry under English law?
Your cousin
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Your adoptive parent
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Your parent
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Your uncle
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Which of the following statements is true?
Where the parties are under 16 they can marry with parental consent
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If a party is subject to a care order they can marry with the? consent of the Local Authority
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Parties can enter into a civil partnership without consent if they are 17
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Where the parties are aged between 16 and 18 they can marry if they have the consent of any relative
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Which of the following is a ground on which a civil partnership would be void?
The parties are of the same sex
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It has not been consummated owing to the incapacity of either party to consummate it
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The necessary formalities have not been complied with
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The respondent was suffering from a venereal disease in a communicable form
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On which of the following grounds could a marriage be voidable?
The parties are within the prohibited degrees of relationship
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Either of the parties is under the age of 16
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It has not been consummated owing to the willful refusal of the respondent to consummate it
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Which of the following statements are true?
If a marriage is void there is no need to apply for a decree of nullity
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If a civil partnership is voidable there is no need to apply for a decree of nullity
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If a marriage is void the parties may apply for a decree of nullity so they can apply for financial provision
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If a marriage is voidable the parties must apply for a decree of nullity to annul it
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Which of the following statements relating to consummation of a marriage is false?
Consummation is an act of sexual intercourse between a male and a female
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Partial and imperfect intercourse may be sufficient to consummate a marriage
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The use of contraceptives does not prevent the marriage being consummated
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If a couple have intercourse before they marry but not afterwards, this does not consummate the marriage
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Which of the following would not allow a party to obtain a decree of nullity on the grounds of mistake?
Mistake as to a person's name
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Mistake as to a person's profession
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Mistake as to the nature of the ceremony
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Being so drunk that it was not possible to validly consent to the marriage
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Which of the following are bars to nullity?
The petitioner led the respondent to believe that he would not seek to annul the marriage and it would be unjust to the respondent to grant the decree
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The annulment is against public policy
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The petitioner has not applied for an annulment within three years of the marriage breakdown
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