A divorce decree awarded Spouse A the marital residence and ordered Spouse A to pay Spouse B $200,000 over five years as an equalizing property payment. The decree also ordered Spouse A to pay Spouse B $3,000 per month i...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act sections 316, 319
State J permits divorce on a finding that the marriage is irretrievably broken. One spouse files after satisfying all jurisdictional requirements and proves that the parties have not lived together for a year and have no...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 305
...ns. NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 402
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 402
...ving a list of Fiance's assets. Fifteen years later, Fiance filed for divorce. During the marriage, Fiancee worked without salary in the business for five years, then stayed home with the children. The business tripled i...
Citations: Uniform Premarital Agreement Act sections 2, 6, Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act sections 9, 10, NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
...dical bills, and told both families he intended to raise the child. Before the birth, Mother moved without telling Father and placed the baby for adoption with Adoptive Parents. Father did not know the state had a putati...
Citations: Lehr v. Robertson, 463 U.S. 248 (1983), Stanley v. Illinois, 405 U.S. 645 (1972), NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
A divorce statute permits divorce for willful desertion lasting at least one year. Spouses mutually agreed to live apart for two months while attending counseling. One spouse then filed for divorce alleging desertion. Wh...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws section 74
After 18 years of marriage, Spouse A filed for divorce from Spouse B in a state that uses equitable distribution. Before the marriage, Spouse A owned a brokerage account worth $90,000. During the marriage, Spouse A depos...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act sections 307, 308
...the filing spouse to reside in State K for 180 days before filing for divorce. A spouse moves to State K intending to stay and files for divorce after 45 days. The other spouse is properly served and appears. What is the...
Citations: Sosna v. Iowa, 419 U.S. 393 (1975), NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
...ns. NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 402
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 402
...ed. NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 208
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 208
A divorce decree divided marital property and ordered one spouse to pay monthly maintenance until further order of the court. Two years later, the payor spouse involuntarily loses a job and obtains new employment at subs...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act sections 316, 319
A state uses equitable distribution in divorce. One spouse argues that the judge must divide every marital asset exactly 50-50 because the word equitable means equal. Which statement best describes equitable distribution...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 307
...ce. NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 308
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 308
...rriage to Casey had ended years earlier. In fact, Casey had filed for divorce, but the final decree was not entered until 2020. Blake did not know that the prior marriage remained legally undissolved at the 2018 ceremony...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act sections 207, 209
...e and unauthorized officiant mean there was no marriage. Morgan seeks divorce and property division. Discuss how the court should resolve the validity issue. This question tests ceremonial marriage formalities and the di...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act sections 201, 207
Married spouses separated but did not divorce. Spouse A moved into a modest apartment and was injured in a car accident. Hospital provided emergency treatment worth $38,000 after Spouse A signed the admission papers. Lan...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 308
...ased on fraud and duress. Quinn argues that, at most, Pat should seek divorce. Discuss whether Pat is likely entitled to annulment based on fraud, duress, or ratification principles. This question tests annulment based o...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 208
...sold for $35,000. The transfer occurred two weeks after Spouse Y said divorce was likely. The parties also have a retirement account funded entirely by Spouse Y's wages during the marriage, a credit-card balance from ord...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act sections 307, 308
...ts. NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act sections 201, 207
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act sections 201, 207
...rs. NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 316
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 316
...ge. NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 209
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 209
...with a new partner while still legally married to a prior spouse. The divorce from the prior spouse is not final until three months after the second ceremony. What is the usual effect of the prior marriage on the second...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 207
...on. NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 208
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 208
...s the court to treat the marriage as valid and proceed, if at all, by divorce. Discuss whether Taylor can obtain an annulment and how ratification affects the analysis. This question tests minor marriage, voidable status...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act sections 203, 208
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