KATHLEEN E. MATHEU, J.D., P.C.

Attorney at Law

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It is Ms. Matheu’s goal to try to educate her clients in ways which can assist them in understanding their rights and responsibilities when future legal issues arise. Whether someone is going through a divorce, or having to work with siblings to probate a parent’s estate, there is always something which can be learned and possibly put to good use sometime in the future.

 

The following quiz has been developed by Ms. Matheu and is based upon the information provided throughout her web site and common misunderstandings which have been brought to her attention over the years.  Anyone who schedules a consultation with Ms. Matheu and brings in this completed quiz will be entitled to a fee discount of $25.

 

We hope you will take this opportunity to test yourself and see what you may have already learned about the law.

 

1)  As long as your name is the only name on the title of the car you have been driving during your marriage, you will be entitled to receive that car in a division of property in a divorce.

 

TRUE OR FALSE?

 

2)  If you are married, you cannot leave your “community property” to anyone other than your spouse when you have a will prepared.

 

TRUE OR FALSE?

 

3)  If you have never been married to the mother of your child, you will still receive all of the rights of a parent as long as you make sure that you are identified as the child’s father on the child’s birth certificate.

 

TRUE OR FALSE?

 

4)   If you are a parent of a child who lives most of the time with your spouse, and you are unemployed, receiving food stamps, and living with your parents, you will not be required to pay child support.

 

TRUE OR FALSE?

 

5)  If your mother and father were married for 50 years and had no children other than you, and your father dies without a will, leaving your mother as his widow, you will not inherit anything from your father.

 

TRUE OR FALSE?

 

6)  The earnings of a spouse during his or her marriage are considered the  “separate property” of the spouse who received the earnings.

 

TRUE OR FALSE?

 

7)  If you have separated from your spouse and your spouse moves to another state with your children, your spouse is guilty of kidnapping, even if there have been no Court orders entered by a Judge in Texas.

 

TRUE OR FALSE?

 

8)  If you and your spouse own a home that was purchased during your marriage, and one of you dies, the surviving spouse will automatically inherit the deceased spouse’s interest in the home.

 

TRUE OR FALSE?

 

9)  Children can decide for themselves if they wish to visit with the parent with whom they do not live on a daily basis due to their parents’ separation or divorce.

 

TRUE OR FALSE

 

10)  Anyone can prepare his or her own will as long as it is typed neatly and signed in front of a Notary Public.

 

TRUE OR FALSE?

 

11)  If you have separated from your spouse and your spouse is residing in the home which was purchased during your marriage, you cannot enter that home or take anything away from that home without a Court order.

 

TRUE OR FALSE

 

12)  When two people live together for twenty years, they are considered common law married even if they never obtain an actual marriage license.

 

TRUE OR FALSE?

 

13)  The parents of a teenage boy under the age of 18 can be ordered to support a child born to their teenage son and his 16 year old girlfriend.

 

TRUE OR FALSE?

 

14)  The first spouse to file divorce papers in a Court will be given an advantage in the division of the property which takes place later on.

 

TRUE OR FALSE? 

 

15)  If you have 2 children by a prior marriage and 1 child from your current marriage, and you die without leaving a will, your current spouse will have a 50% share of the home you and she purchased while you were married, and your 3 children will all share equally in the other 50%.

 

TRUE OR FALSE? 

 

 

 

 

DISCLAIMER: The information provided herein is not intended to substitute for an attorney’s advice.  No attorney/client relationship is formed by this communication.  You are strongly urged to obtain legal advice directly from an attorney.

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