Unit 2. Living Together keys

Find in the text English equivalents of the following phrases:

брачный договор - 1	premarital agreement
брачный договор - 2	antenuptial agreement
брачный договор - 3	prenuptial agreement
поддерживать договор	to uphold an agreement
лишать договор юридической силы	to void an agreement
алименты, содержание	alimony
получать алименты	to receive alimony
алименты по решению суда	court-ordered alimony
жених, невеста	fiancé
дети от предыдущего брака	children from prior marriage
распоряжение собственностью	property disposition
бенефициарий, выгодоприобретатель	beneficiary
участники контракта	parties to the contract
денежное содержание детей	child support payments

Answer the following questions:

What is the main purpose of premarital agreements? Are premarital agreements legal in Russia?

Task: make up a sample of a premarital agreement.

SUCCESSION- подберите к английским клише соответствующие русские сочетания

Ключ:

hereditary succession	правопреемство в силу наследования
natural succession	правопреемство между физическими лицами
order of succession	очередность наследования
succession tax	налог на наследуемую недвижимость
succession in title	правопреемство
succession law	наследственное право
succession sale	продажа наследственного имущества с торгов
testamentary succession	наследование по завещанию
vacant succession	открывшееся наследство; невостребованное наследство

Offer words/phrases corresponding to the following definitions:

one who relies on another especially for financial support - dependent

the right of a spouse to the company of, help of, affection of, and sexual relations with

his or her mate - consortium

of or relating to marriage - marital

the right of a person who survives a partner or joint owner to the entire ownership of

something that was previously owned jointly - survivorship

to receive (property) from an ancestor by legal succession or will - to inherit

a legal title to property held by one party for the benefit of another; the property so held - trust

the whole of one's possessions, especially all the property and debts left by one at death - estate

to part (a couple), often by decree - to separate

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Unit 3. Divorce keys

Find in the text English equivalents of the following phrases;

расторжение брака, развод	divorce
расторжение	dissolution
судебное решение о признании брака недействительным	annulment
разлучение супругов, раздельное жительство супругов	separation
(по соглашению или решению суда)
вступить в супружеские отношения	to consummate the	marriage
вступить в брак вторично	to remarry
общая собственность супругов	marital property
опека над детьми	child custody
введение в заблуждение	misrepresentation
обман	fraud
сокрытие, утаивание	concealment
брачный возраст	age of consent

Say whether the following statements are TRUE, FALSE or INCOMPLETE. In case of FALSE or INCOMPLETE statements give the correct version.

1. Dissolution of marriage is different from divorce. Answer: FALSE Correct version: In some states, divorce is called dissolution.

2. An annulment is different from divorce. Answer: TRUE

3. Concealment is a declaration stating that the marriage was never valid. Answer: FALSE

Correct version: Concealment is, for example, concealing an addiction to alcohol or drugs.

4. A spouse's failure to say that he was still married to someone else is a ground for annulment. Answer: TRUE

5. In the Roman Catholic Church a couple obtains a religious annulment prior to obtaining a civil divorce. Answer: FALSE

Correct version: Within the Roman Catholic Church, a couple obtains a religious annulment after obtaining a civil divorce.

6. When a marriage is annulled, property and debts of the spouses are divided and alimony is determined. Answer: INCOMPLETE

Correct version: as well as determining custody, visitation and child support

Answer the following questions:

1. How is divorce different from annulment?

2. What does divorce usually include?

3. Why would some people prefer annulment to divorce?

4. Are grounds for annulment the same in every state?

5. What are some of the grounds for annulment?

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