PRL 101 slides, Nov. 10

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1. Family
   Law
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2. In-class assignment
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3. Family Law
   • Marriage
   • Divorce
   • Child Custody
   • Visitation
   • Child Support
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4. Premarriage issues
   • Promise to marry
   • Antenuptial/Prenuptial agreement
   –In writing (Statute of Frauds)
   

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5. Marriage
   • Requirements
   –Age
   –Marriage license
   –Ceremony
   –Any person authorized to celebrate
   the rites of matrimony is entitled to $2
   for each marriage solemnized.
   Ala Code §30-1-8
   

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6. Common law marriage
   • Capacity
   • Consent to marry
   • Public recognition
   • Cohabitation
   Adams v. Boan, 559 So.2d 1084
   (Ala., 1990)
   • No common law divorce
   

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7. Ending the relationship
   • Separation
   • Legal separation §30-2-40
   • Divorce §30-2-1 et seq.
   • Annulment
   

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   Divorce
   

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9. Divorce
   • Community Property States:
   – Arizona
   – California
   – Idaho
   – Louisiana
   – Nevada
   – New Mexico
   – Texas
   – Washington
   – Wisconsin
   

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10. Marital property
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11. Separate
    property
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12. Divorce
    • Common law states
    –Equitable distribution
    • length of marriage
    • occupation
    • standard of living
    • wealth and earning ability
    • child custody
    • health
    • other relevant factors
    

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13. Divorce issues
    • Division of debts
    • Support obligations
    –Alimony
    –Child Support
    • Child custody
    –“Best interests of the child”
    

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14. Annulment
    • Consanguinity
    • Prior marriage
    • Underage
    • Under the influence
    • Impotency
    • Fraud/duress
    

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