Chp 1 - Intro to Family Law read Chp. 1 Notes on Intro to Family Law - click here
Chp 1 - Intro to Family Law
read Chp. 1 Notes
on Intro to Family Law - click here
Quiz Questions
1. How many departments (Court rooms) make up the family law department
of the L.A. Superior Court?
2. What is a county seat? What is a branch court? How many in
L.A? what are their names?
3. Which code section in the California Family Law Code covers
the following?
Division of Property, Enforcement of Support, Marital Agreements,
UCCJEA, void or voidable marriages?
4. Why are jurisdiction, venue and service of process of process
important in a family law matter?
5. What is subject matter jurisdiction? Under what Family Law
Code gives California Superior Court exclusive jurisdiction to
hear marital dissolutions?
6. What kind of jurisdiction, over what, is conferred by FC 2060,
FC 3100, and FC3101?
7. Husband and Wife file divorces at the same time in different
states. What rule applies to determine which state acquires jurisdiction
over the parties?
8. What is the definition of "domicile", and how does
it differ, if any with residence?
What is the significance of domicile in a Family Law Matter?
9. To gain jurisdiction in California, which party must be domiciled
in California.
10. Explain why a person can have only "one" domicile.
11. Can a non-immigrant alien establish domicile in California,
and if so how?
12. What items of evidence can you use to prove "domicile"?
please itemize.
13. What is the only procedure a California Family Law Court can
adjudicate even if neither party is domiciled in California, so
long as they both personally appear?
14. What is the legal effect of a judgment entered in California
when neither of the parties is domiciled here?
15. What is the residency requirement under FC 2320?
16. What can a party do if they need to initiate an action immediately,
and they have not yet established domicile, or residency?
17. What does it mean "the residency requirement is not jurisdictional"
- explain?
18. To meet due process for personal jurisdiction in California
what must a party show to ensure it does not violate "traditional
notions of fair play and substantial justice" to allow a
court to exercise personal jurisdiction?
19. List the bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in CCP 410.10?
20. In additional to having "minimum contacts with the state"
what else must be present to establish "personal jurisdiction"?
21. What does CCP 413.10 provide or se out and why is that important?
22. What venue rules are established in California under CCP 395(a)?
24. How many divisions does the Family Code have? What section
of the Family Code deals with
1. Duty of Parents
2. Spousal Support
3. Visitation Rights
25. Under FC 420 what are the essential elements of solemnization
of a marriage?
updated: 9/24/09