12 The law and the family

   

   

   Vocabulary

   

   rights of succession

   child benefit

   welfare payments

   a lump sum of cash

   parental consent

   a legal guardian

   probate

   testator and dependants

   to die intestate

   partial intestacy

   decree of nullification

   defective marriage

   fraudulent representation

   to lack mental capacity

   children conceived in wedlock

   community property

   separate property

   bequeathed to a wife

   irretrievable breakdown of marriage 

   the presumption is rebutted

   to domicile in the country

   raised from the taxes

   terms of divorce

   

   retirement pension

   to grant citizenship

   divorce proceedings

   to petition for divorce

   petitioner and respondent

   to have custody of the children

   financial provisions/arrangements

   to grant a divorce

   to make a will

   inheritance tax

   to contract a marriage

   a marriage is breaking down

   illegitimate children

   

                                            Definitions

   

   consummation of marriage

   incestuous marriage

   nullification of marriage

   laws of succession

   partial intestacy

   

                                             Questions

   

   1 Describe four disadvantages of illegitimate children in the U.K.

   2 Describe the grounds on which a marriage may be nullified.

   3 Describe the grounds on which a marriage may be divorced.

   4 Describe what is required for a will to be valid.