Divorce From Bed and Board: Multiple Choice

By Ketan Soni and Carolyn Krueger-Andes

Being Special(ist)

Here are the results from our last post (22 responses):

 

Question #	% Correct Answers
1	41%
2	47%
3	28.6%
4	38%
5	33%
6	28.6%
7	76.2%
8	23.8%
9	90.5%
10	81%

On average 48.7% of responders selected the correct answer. So, if you brushed our last blog post off as easy, think again! Lynn and I are happy to disabuse you of that incorrect notion. If you missed the last post, here it is again: https://ncbarblogprod.wpengine.com/fl-are-you-specialist-material/.

As a reminder, the format is

1. We will post a number of multiple choice questions related to a monthly family law theme. These will be “specialist-level” questions. We will also give you the answers!
2. We will post a specialist-level fact pattern. Do your best to answer it, either in your head or on paper. Please make it electronic paper and save some trees. We will then post the answers.
3. In the next blog post, we’ll show you the anonymous results of the multiple choice section, if we get enough people to respond.

Part 2 starts now with “Divorce and Divorce from Bed and Board.” The multiple choice questions and the answers to the essay are in this link.

Answer the following:

• Plaintiff filed for divorce in Mecklenburg County and alleged that he had no contact with the defendant, and had therefore served the defendant by publication in Charlotte.

• The divorce was entered.

• Approximately six months after the divorce was entered, the defendant (unaware a divorce had been entered) moved back into the marital residence with the plaintiff.

• After living together for approximately seven more months, the parties had an altercation, and the police were called. The plaintiff showed the police the divorce judgment, which was the first time defendant was informed of its existence.

• Defendant shortly thereafter filed a Rule 60 motion to set aside the divorce judgment. The trial court granted defendant’s motion, and the plaintiff appealed. Who wins the appeal?

We already gave you the link for the multiple choice and the answer to the essay above, but click here in case you missed it above.

Round Two!

Lynn and Ketan