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Exam III

  1. legal custody
    child rearing decisions
  2. mediation
    alternative to litigation
  3. split custody
    siblings
  4. best interests of the child
    gender neutral guideline
  5. guardian ad litem
    special represenative
  6. contested
    disputed
  7. intestate
    die without a valid will
  8. forced share
    in lieu of will's provision
  9. curtesy
    widower's property right
  10. injunction
    court order
  11. post-nuptial agreement
    contract during the marriage
  12. battered woman syndrome
    self defense
  13. personal jurisdiction
    required to enforce support order
  14. long arm jurisdiction
    nonresident defendant
  15. arrears
    still due
  16. pendente lite
    during the litigation
  17. putative
    alleged
  18. filius nullius
    child of no one
  19. standing
    right to bring suit
  20. res judicata
    no relitigation allowed
  21. DNA testing
    deoxyribonucleic acid
  22. surrogate
    carries a child for another
  23. in vitro fertilization
    ART
  24. embryo
    fertilized egg
  25. vicarious liability
    payment for another's wrong
  26. loss of services
    interference w a childs contribution
  27. tort
    civil wrong
Author
kikicutler
ID
11784
Card Set
Exam III
Description
Family Law
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