Formal Marriage Self-Quiz
Lydia is 16
years old and wants to marry her 22-year-old boyfriend (Charles), who
is the son of her father’s second wife (i.e. her step-brother).
Her father consents to the marriage. Her biological mother is deceased.
Her step-mother has not taken formal steps to adopt her. What steps must
Lydia take to get married?
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Timothy is
17 years old and wants to marry his high school sweetheart, Antoinette,
who is 16 years old. Both their parents vigorously oppose the marriage.
If Timothy seeks court approval for the marriage, what would be the likely
outcome?
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Mark and Ted
have been a couple for six years and have decided they want to get married.
They apply for a marriage license from the city clerk. They will be able
to get married.
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George leaves
his adult daycare one afternoon to marry Genie, also a member in his daycare.
Genie argues with George that they must have their guardians’ consent
to the marriage. George keeps insisting that their guardians do not have
to consent to their marriage. Who is correct?
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Simon, a citizen
of England and Paula, a citizen of the United States, marry. Their sole
purpose is to allow Simon to immigrate to the United States. Simon and
Paula have no intention of living together as husband and wife, and they
have no marital relationship either before or after the ceremony. They
have a valid marriage.
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Dennis and
Carmen are in Las Vegas for the weekend. They have been gambling and drinking
for several hours on Friday night; by midnight they are extremely drunk,
so they decide to get married. They find the appropriate agent for a marriage
license. While filing out the application, they forget their last names
and other information required to be filled out. The clerk suspects they
are not in the right state of mind to get married. What should the clerk
do?
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Maggie and
Oscar, residents of State A, were both 17 years old when they ran away
to State B to get married because State B allows persons who are at least
17 years old to marry without parental consent. They returned to State
A where they lived for five years. When did their marriage become valid?
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Twenty-five
years ago, Tom and Jane were married in the Roman Catholic Church. Due
to an oversight, Jane failed to get a marriage license beforehand. Jane
dies and Tom petitions the court to become the executor of her estate.
What will the court decide?
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Pamela and
Andrew were to be wed in England. On their wedding day Pamela was sick
and could not make the wedding. Instead, Pamela gave her proxy to her
father (assume proxy marriages are valid in England). The wedding is celebrated,
and the couple holds themselves out as married. Andrew is offered a job
in New York, and moves his family to New York. Their marriage would be
invalid in New York.
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Vera and Brad
think they are married and have held themselves out as married for the
past two years while living in Florida. Recently, Vera accepted a job
in California. In addition, they found out that the priest who had solemnized
their marriage was a sham. Under what theory will their marriage be considered
valid in California?
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