Paralegal Test 4 questions with verified
answers graded A+
Emancipation - correct answer ✔✔The legal relinquishment by a child's parents or guardian of
the legal right to exercise control over the child. Usually, children who move out of their parents
home and support themselves are considered emancipated.
Common Law Marriage - correct answer ✔✔A marriage that is formed by mutual consent in
without a marriage license or ceremony. The couple must be eligible to marry, have a present
and contributing agreement to be a couple, live together as a couple, and hold them selves out
to the public as a couple. Many states do not recognize common law marriages.
Restraining Order - correct answer ✔✔A court order that requires one person (such as an
abusive spouse) to stay away from another (such as an abused spouse).
Paternity Suit - correct answer ✔✔A lawsuit brought by an unmarried mother to establish that a
certain male is the biological father of her child. DNA testing or a comparable procedure is often
used to determine paternity.
Inheritance Rights - correct answer ✔✔Under the common law, a child born out of wedlock had
no right to inherent. Today, inheritance laws governing illegitimate children vary from state to
state. Generally, an illegitimate child is treated as a child of the mother and can inherent from
her and her relatives.
Adoption - correct answer ✔✔A procedure in which persons become the legal parents of a child
who is not their biological child.
Foster Care - correct answer ✔✔A temporary agreement in which a family is paid by the state to
care for a child for a limited period of time, often pending adoption.
, Independent Adoption - correct answer ✔✔A privately arranged adoption, as when a doctor,
lawyer, or other person puts a couple seeking to adopt a child in contact with a pregnant
woman who has decided to give up her child for adoption.
Annulment - correct answer ✔✔A court decree that invalidates (nullifies) a marriage. Although
the marriage itself is deemed nonexistent, children of a marriage that is annulled are deemed
legitimate.
Divorce - correct answer ✔✔A formal court proceeding that legally dissolves a marriage.
Bigamy - correct answer ✔✔The act of entering into marriage with one person while legally
married to another.
No Fault Divorce - correct answer ✔✔A divorce in which neither party is deemed to be legally at
fault for the breakdown of the marriage.
Petition for Divorce - correct answer ✔✔The document filed with the court to initiate divorce
proceedings. The requirements governing a divorce petition vary from state to state.
Child Custody - correct answer ✔✔The right to live with and care for the child on an every day
basis.
Legal Custody - correct answer ✔✔Custody of a child that confers on the parent the right to
make major decisions about the child's life without consulting the other parent.
Joint Custody - correct answer ✔✔Custody of a child shared by the parents following the
termination of a marriage.
answers graded A+
Emancipation - correct answer ✔✔The legal relinquishment by a child's parents or guardian of
the legal right to exercise control over the child. Usually, children who move out of their parents
home and support themselves are considered emancipated.
Common Law Marriage - correct answer ✔✔A marriage that is formed by mutual consent in
without a marriage license or ceremony. The couple must be eligible to marry, have a present
and contributing agreement to be a couple, live together as a couple, and hold them selves out
to the public as a couple. Many states do not recognize common law marriages.
Restraining Order - correct answer ✔✔A court order that requires one person (such as an
abusive spouse) to stay away from another (such as an abused spouse).
Paternity Suit - correct answer ✔✔A lawsuit brought by an unmarried mother to establish that a
certain male is the biological father of her child. DNA testing or a comparable procedure is often
used to determine paternity.
Inheritance Rights - correct answer ✔✔Under the common law, a child born out of wedlock had
no right to inherent. Today, inheritance laws governing illegitimate children vary from state to
state. Generally, an illegitimate child is treated as a child of the mother and can inherent from
her and her relatives.
Adoption - correct answer ✔✔A procedure in which persons become the legal parents of a child
who is not their biological child.
Foster Care - correct answer ✔✔A temporary agreement in which a family is paid by the state to
care for a child for a limited period of time, often pending adoption.
, Independent Adoption - correct answer ✔✔A privately arranged adoption, as when a doctor,
lawyer, or other person puts a couple seeking to adopt a child in contact with a pregnant
woman who has decided to give up her child for adoption.
Annulment - correct answer ✔✔A court decree that invalidates (nullifies) a marriage. Although
the marriage itself is deemed nonexistent, children of a marriage that is annulled are deemed
legitimate.
Divorce - correct answer ✔✔A formal court proceeding that legally dissolves a marriage.
Bigamy - correct answer ✔✔The act of entering into marriage with one person while legally
married to another.
No Fault Divorce - correct answer ✔✔A divorce in which neither party is deemed to be legally at
fault for the breakdown of the marriage.
Petition for Divorce - correct answer ✔✔The document filed with the court to initiate divorce
proceedings. The requirements governing a divorce petition vary from state to state.
Child Custody - correct answer ✔✔The right to live with and care for the child on an every day
basis.
Legal Custody - correct answer ✔✔Custody of a child that confers on the parent the right to
make major decisions about the child's life without consulting the other parent.
Joint Custody - correct answer ✔✔Custody of a child shared by the parents following the
termination of a marriage.
