Discovery: Is designed

to allow each party to

ask the other party
what they know about
the claim that has
been
asserted.
Discovery may come
in several different
forms. Interrogatories:
Consisting of written
questions that either
party may send to the
other. Requests for
admissions:
Narrow
the
issues
of
contention in the case.
Deposition:
Oral
examination that is
conducted
in
the
presence of a court
reporter.
Involuntary
act; the affidavit is
voluntary.
Pretrial:
Conference
whit
a
judge.
It
is
a
Settlement
conference. Voir Dire:
To speak truthfully.
The parties have the
opportunity to strike:
for
cause
or
for
peremptory. Opening
statement: Allow the
attorneys to give the
jury a road map of
where the case is
going to. Presentation
of
evidence:
That
evidence comes in two
forms: presentation of
testimony
or
presentation
of
documents. Marriage:
Common
law
marriage, two people
living together and
representing
themselves
as
husband and wife.
Ceremonial marriage
is the one performed
by
an
authorized
official. Corroboration
requirement:
The
states
require
the
testimony of one or
both
parties
corroborated
by
a
third person in order
to
establish
the
grounds for divorce.
The state has an
interest in preserving
marriage.
Defenses:
Condonation, consent,
justification,
laches,
reconciliation,
recrimination. Lashes:
Statute
limitation
defense.
Equitable
defense. Custody: Full

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custody. Child support:
The court looks at
several
factors
to
determine what the
amount
of
that
support will be. 18 to
21 years old. Spousal
support: Either party
make a request for
spousal support or
alimony. Probating a
will: A will is a written
statement signed by a
person
expressly
indicating his or her
wishes regarding the
disposition of this or
her assets at death.
Executor: Is to gather
all the assets of the
decedent, report to
the court what those
assets are, and then
supervise the orderly
distribution of those
assets in accordance
whit
the
will.
Guardianship:
Is
establishing when a
person is considered
to be incompetent to
manage his or her
own personal financial
affairs and therefore
needs to have a
guardian
appointed.
Power
attorney:
Authorizes
another
person to act on your
behalf. Durable power
of
attorney:
is
a
document signed by
the
person
whose
assets are to be
managed
that
expressly states that
the power of attorney.
Checklist
for
Contracts: the identity
of
the
parties,
consideration,
governing law, time of
the essence, survival,
modification, waiver,
severability,
assignability. Waiver:
Is
an
intentional
relinquishment of a
known
right.
Dissolution
of
marriage partnership
requested by one of
the
spouses
in
ecuador:
1.The
complaint: a t first, the
interested spouse in
getting the dissolution
of
marriage
partnership, have to
present
at
the

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Court
a
complaint which have
to have the following
requirements
in
accordance with Code
of Civil Procedure. 2.
Admission: If this one
is clear, accurate and
complete, the Judge
will admit processed
and order to serve the
defendant 3. Answer
of the complaint: The
other spouse has to
respond
the
complaint.
4.
Judgment: The Judge
has to pronounce in
sentence
in
three
days, after the no
responding
of
the
defendant
or
the
closing
of
the
discovery stage. The
sentence
can
be
estimatory
or
rejecting.
The
sentence
that
dissolves the marriage
partnership, cant be
appealed
5.
Inscription
in
the
Register Office.