Author Question: A restriction on the marriage of persons who are closely related by marriage involves an issue of ... (Read 123 times)

LaDunn · **on:** Aug 3, 2018

A restriction on the marriage of persons who are closely related by marriage involves an issue of

A) consortium.
B) affinity.
C) consanguinity.
D) fraud.

Question 2

Judie and Steve met in 1994 and they started living together a year later in the state of New Hampshire where they stayed until they separated in 2008. They had the legal capacity to marry, they intended to be married, they cohabited for the full 14 years, and they held themselves out to others as husband and wife. When they separated, Steve claimed that they were common law married and he sought alimony and property division. The New Hampshire court will likely

A) award him an equitable share of the parties' property but not alimony as a common law spouse.
B) grant his request for both alimony and property division as a common law spouse.
C) deny his request for alimony and property division based on a determination that the parties are not presently common law spouses.
D) declare the parties common law spouses and consider requests from both Steve and Judie for property division and spousal support.