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Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Property Division and Support | ESSAY
Hard
Fiance owned a successful medical-device company before marriage. Three days before the wedding, Fiance presented Fiancee with a premarital agreement. The agreement stated that each spouse would keep all property titled...
Citations: Uniform Premarital Agreement Act sections 2, 6, Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act sections 9, 10, NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
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Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Formation and Validity | ESSAY
Hard
Sam and Lee lived together in State E, which recognizes common-law marriage. They never held a ceremony or obtained a license. After Lee recovered from surgery, the two agreed at home, "From today forward, we are married...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws sections 283, 284
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Grounds and Jurisdiction | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Easy
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
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Property Division and Support | ESSAY
Hard
...inancial orders. NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act sections 316, 319
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act sections 316, 319
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Child Custody | ESSAY
Medium
...ty restrictions. 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
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Property Rights | ESSAY
Hard
...ounts into a revocable trust naming Pat's adult children from a prior marriage as beneficiaries. Pat retained the right to revoke the trust and receive all income during life. Pat's will left the probate estate to the ch...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Probate Code sections 2-202, 2-213
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Property Rights | ESSAY
Hard
Spouses bought a house during marriage. The deed conveyed the property "to Dana and Ellis, married spouses, as tenants by the entirety." State law recognizes tenancy by the entirety and follows the majority rule that one...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Real Property
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Adoption and Parental Rights | ESSAY
Hard
...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
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Formation and Validity | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
A 17-year-old enters a marriage that state law treats as voidable by the underage spouse. After turning 18, the spouse continues living with the other person as a spouse for two years before seeking annulment based on ag...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 208
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Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Property Division and Support | ESSAY
Hard
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
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Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Property Division and Support | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Easy
After a 22-year marriage, one spouse earns $180,000 per year. The other spouse left paid employment for 15 years to care for the household and now needs education to return to work. The lower-earning spouse seeks spousal...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 308
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Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Property Rights | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Easy
Before marriage, a spouse signed a written agreement after full disclosure waiving any elective share in the other spouse's estate. After the other spouse dies, the surviving spouse seeks an elective share anyway. Which...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code section 2-213, NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Property Division and Support | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
Before marriage, Spouse owned a small business worth $80,000. During the marriage, Spouse worked full-time in the business, used marital earnings to hire staff, and increased the business value to $500,000. At divorce, S...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Property Rights | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Easy
Before marriage, two adults sign a written agreement after exchanging financial disclosures. The agreement provides that each spouse waives claims to the other's premarital property and elective share. Which statement is...
Citations: Uniform Premarital Agreement Act section 6, NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
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Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Formation and Validity | ESSAY
Medium
Jordan and Morgan obtained a marriage license in State C. The license expired 30 days later. Forty days after issuance, they held a ceremony before a longtime friend who honestly believed that an online ordination author...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act sections 201, 207
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Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Property Division and Support | ESSAY
Medium
Spouses live in a community-property state. Before marriage, Spouse M owned a small apartment building subject to a mortgage. During the marriage, the spouses used Spouse M's wages to pay $60,000 of principal on the mort...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marital Property Act sections 4, 17
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Property Division and Support | ESSAY
Hard
Spouses married for 12 years. Both worked until the final year of the marriage, when Spouse X secretly withdrew $70,000 from a joint savings account and lost most of it gambling during weekend trips. Spouse X also transf...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act sections 307, 308
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Formation and Validity | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
Two adults with capacity obtain a marriage license and hold a ceremony before a person they reasonably believe is authorized to officiate. After years of living as spouses, they learn that the officiant's authorization p...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act sections 201, 207
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Formation and Validity | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Easy
A couple lives in a state that recognizes common-law marriage. They never held a ceremony or obtained a license. One partner claims they became married without formal solemnization. Which facts are most important to comm...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Child Custody | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Easy
...stody decisions. 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
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Property Rights | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
Spouses live in a community-property state. During marriage, one spouse earns wages and the other spouse receives an inheritance from a parent and keeps it in a separate account. Which statement is most accurate? The que...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marital Property Act section 4
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Property Rights | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
Ten years after marriage, spouses sign a written agreement reclassifying one spouse's separate investment account as joint property. Each spouse has counsel and receives full financial disclosure. Later, one spouse argue...
Citations: Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act sections 9, 10, NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Property Rights | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Easy
...ent's will leaves all probate property to adult children from a prior marriage and omits the surviving spouse. The spouses had no premarital or marital agreement. Which statement is most accurate? The question tests surv...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code section 2-202, NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Formation and Validity | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
A person enters a marriage ceremony in good faith, believing the other party is unmarried. Years later, the person learns that the other party's prior marriage was never dissolved. Which statement best describes the good...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 209