Difference between revisions of "Family Relationships"

#a female spouse was under the age of twelve or a male spouse was under the age of fourteen (the common law ages of puberty);

#one or both of the spouses did not consent to the marriage;

#a male spouse is impotent or a female spouse is sterile going into the marriage;

#the marriage cannot be consummated;

#the marriage was a sham; or,

#one or both of the spouses agreed to marry as a result of fraud or misrepresentation.

More information about void marriages, voidable marriages and annulment is available in the next page, _______ .

The court will make a divorce order if the married relationship has broken down. Under the federal ''Divorce Act'', there are three ways to prove marriage breakdown:

The _______ page talks about when a relationship becomes "marriage-like" in nature.

Unmarried spouses are separated when they begin to leave "separate and apart" from each other, whether under the same roof or in separate homes. Contrary to popular opinion, you do not need to see a lawyer, sign something or file some sort of document in court to obtain a separation. You just need to call it quits and tell your spouse that it's over.

#the one or two people who want to have the child, the ''intended parents'', are parents;

#the donor of sperm or an egg ''is not a parent'', unless everyone has signed an assisted reproduction that makes the donor a parent; and,

#a surrogate mother ''is a parent'', unless everyone has signed an assisted reproduction that makes her not a parent.

#be the ''guardians'' of any children they happen to have, and as guardians have parental responsibilities and parenting time with respect to those children;

#have ''contact'' with a child if they happen not to be guardians;

#ask for or be responsible to pay ''child support'';

#ask for or be responsible to pay ''spousal support'';  

#share in ''family property'' and any ''family debt''; and,

#apply for ''protection orders'' if they feel they are at risk of family violence.

#be the ''guardians'' of their children, and as guardians have parental responsibilities and parenting time with respect to those children,

#have ''contact'' with a child if they happen not to be guardians,

#ask for or be responsible to pay ''child support'',

#ask for or be responsible to pay ''spousal support'', and

#apply for ''protection orders'' if they feel they are at risk of family violence.

#be the ''guardians'' of their children, and as guardians have parental responsibilities and parenting time with respect to those children;

#have ''contact'' with a child;

#ask for or be responsible to pay ''child support''; and,

#apply for ''protection orders'' if they feel they are at risk of family violence.

#ask to be appointed as the ''guardian'' of a child, and as a guardian have parental responsibilities and parenting time with respect to that child;

#have ''contact'' with a child; and,

#ask for ''child support''.

Las Vegas marriages and other sorts of quickie marriages are valid and binding marriages, as long as the marriages meet the criteria for valid marriages, discussed in the next page. If you want to undo the marriage, you'll have to get divorced just like every other valid marriage, and that will usually mean waiting until one year has passed since your separation. An alcohol-induced Las Vegas marriage was upheld in the very funny 2005 Supreme Court case of ''Davison v. Sweeney'', simply because the spouses knew what they were doing when they married, despite the fact that they had never had sex and separated two days after the marriage, when their respective holidays ended.