MARRIAGE AND CIVIL PARTNERSHIP

At what age is a person allowed to marry?   At any age.   14.   21.   18.   16.

 

When will a breach of the formality requirements in the Marriage Act 1959 render a marriage void?   If the breach is objected to by a person present.   If the parties are responsible for the breach.   If the parties are aware of the breach.   If the breach involves an issue of public policy.   If it is a grave breach.

 

Which of the following does not need to be demonstrated if a person is to obtain a gender recognition certificate?   That the applicant has had gender reassignment surgery.   That the applicant suffers gender dysphoria.   That the applicant intends to continue living in their acquired gender.   That the applicant has lived in their acquired gender for the previous two years.   That the applicant has medical evidence to support their case.

 

Which of the following is a difference between a void and a voidable marriage?   Financial orders can be made in respect of a voidable marriage but not a void one.   A court order is required to annul a voidable marriage but not a void marriage.   Void marriages are criminal offences; voidable marriages are not.

 

Which of the following statements best summarises the circumstances in which a marriage can be annulled for lack of consent due to duress?   A marriage will be voidable only if the husband made a serious threat against the wife.   A marriage will be voidable if there was a threat that caused the party to enter a marriage.   A marriage will be voidable only if there was a threat which meant that one of the parties did not genuinely consent to the marriage.   A marriage will be voidable only if the threat was of death or serious injury.

 

Which of the following is not an accurate statement about the differences between a marriage and a civil partnership?   A civil partner cannot obtain financial orders if the relationship breaks down, while a spouse can.   Non-consummation can lead to the nullity of a marriage, but not a civil partnership.   Adultery is a fact proving the ground for divorce, but not dissolution.   A religious service can be used in a marriage, but not a civil partnership ceremony.

 

	Which of the following is not a consequence of marriage?   Spouses are financially liable to support one another.   On divorce the courts have power to redistribute property.   Spouses are entitled to inherit in cases of intestacy.   Spouses are legally responsible for each other debts.
	Which of the following is a correct statement about cohabitants?   Cohabitants do not automatically have the same rights as married couples.   Cohabitants can claim maintenance from each other in the case of a relationship breakdown.   Cohabitants who have lived together for two years have the same legal rights as married couples.

 

Which of the following was a reason given in Wilkinson v Kitzinger for not allowing same-sex couples to marry?   That allowing same-sex marriage would lead to strong protests from religious groups.   That the church law decided who could marry.   That homosexuality was immoral.   That it was necessary to uphold the traditional understanding of marriage.   That it would be contrary to the Human Rights Act to allow two women to marry.

 

In order to have the mental capacity to marry, what does a person have to understand?   The character of their proposed spouse.   The religious nature of marriage.   The fact that marriage can end in divorce.   The nature, rights and responsibilities of marriage.