A severability provision provides:
A) The agreement contains the parties' entire agreement.
B) The agreement may be modified, amended, or rescinded at any time based on a mutual agreement of the parties.
C) The agreement binds the parties to its terms but does not bind their respective heirs and assigns.
D) If any provision of the agreement is held illegal or invalid, the remaining provisions will continue to be of full force and effect.
Q. #2The U.S. Department of ________ provides the guidelines for federal unemployment compensation.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Q. #3Although states vary with respect to specific requirements for validity, generally a premarital agreement must satisfy which of the following?
A) basic requirements applicable to all contracts
B) procedural fairness
C) substantive fairness
D) all of the above
Q. #4In the Posner case, the court held that
A) premarital agreements should not be enforced because they threaten the institution of marriage by promoting divorce.
B) premarital agreements should be enforced because they always have been under common law.
C) premarital agreements should be permitted because even if they anticipate the possibility of divorce, society no longer condemns divorce.
D) none of the above
Q. #5If a premarital agreement is held to be invalid,
A) the judge is free to award or not award alimony and to divide marital property as he or she sees fit.
B) the judge may award alimony and divide marital property based on governing statutes and case law as applied to the facts of the case.
C) the judge will automatically divide the parties' property equally.
D) the court will divide the parties' property based on their respective incomes.
Q. #6Laws that prohibited interracial marriage are called
A) alienation of affection laws.
B) anti-heart balm laws.
C) anti-miscegenation laws.
D) tort laws.
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