Author Question: If a paralegal suspects that a client seeking a divorce abuses his or her spouse, the paralegal ... (Read 101 times)

Engineer · **on:** Aug 3, 2018

If a paralegal suspects that a client seeking a divorce abuses his or her spouse, the paralegal should

A) promptly report the matter to the police.
B) recommend that the client file for divorce on the fault ground of cruel and abusive treatment.
C) listen sensitively and tell no one about the matter because the communication is protected.
D) none of the above

Question 2

Which of the following is the BEST statement of how liabilities are treated upon divorce?

A) The parties work out their own way of paying off their debts as the courts are more concerned with the division of assets.
B) Responsibility for liabilities is usually addressed in the same manner as the division of assets: by premarital agreement, separation agreement, or court order.
C) Whichever party incurred the debt has to pay it off if the debt was incurred for marital purposes.
D) Responsibility for marital and separate debt is automatically divided equally upon divorce.