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3.3.3 Read the text again to answer the following questions.

1) What matters fall under the jurisdiction of family law?

2) What are the limitations on marriages under the US family law?

3) What are the two ways to stop a marriage?

4) What is the difference between an annulment and a divorce?

5) What are the grounds for an annulment and a divorce?

6) What arrangements are provided by the court to protect children’s rights in a divorce?

7) Who is awarded child custody (visitation rights, child support)?

8) When does the obligation to support a child end?

9) What are the two kinds of marital property?

10) What property can be divided by the judge?

11) How is the property of a dead person dealt with under Anglo-American law?

3.4. Grammar: The Infinitive Forms of the Infinitive

Active

Passive

Present

Continuous

Perfect

Perfect Continuous

(to) consult

(to) be consulting

(to) have consulted

(to) have been consulting

(to) be consulted

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(to) have been consulted

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The Infinitive without ‘to’

Active

Passive

1) You can (must, will, etc.) stay in the courtroom.

He can (must, will etc) be sentenced to three years in prison.

2) I’d rather not go out tonight. I’d better stay at home.

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3) They made (let) him pay for the damage.

But: He was made (let) to pay for the damage.

4) The policeman saw him park in the wrong place.

Also: hear/feel

But: He was seen to park in the wrong place.

5) I’ve never known him (to) be so cruel.

But: She is known to have worked as a prosecutor.

6) Could you help me (to) find a good lawyer?

He can’t be helped to avoid punishment.

3.4.1 Turn the following Present Infinitives into their Continuous and Perfect forms.

To release, to prevent, to carry out, to serve, to employ, to try, to protect, to claim, to commit, to award, to force, to specify, to order, to sue, to prove, to clarify, to nullify, to seek, to prosecute, to punish, to grant, to sentence, to convince, to resolve, to exercise.

3.4.2 Fill in the correct form of the infinitives in brackets.

1) In England, Wales and Northern Ireland a court is free … (pass) a suspended sentence of no more than two years.

2) The defense suggested that the defendant’s mental state rendered him unfit … (convict).

3) The court determines who is … (have) custody of children, the rights of children … (contact) with the other parent and financial arrangement for the children’s welfare.

4) … (serve) on a jury, a person must be aged between 18 and 70.

5) The suspect claimed … (watch) TV at the time of the robbery

6) The burglars must … (come) in through the window as the lock seems … (to force).

7) Anyone may … (sue) or … (sue) in tort.

8) We have … (achieve) practical results in the nearest future.

9) The prosecutor was satisfied … (work) at that case with Mr. Smith during the trial.

10) Mr. Black is glad … (find) ‘not guilty.’

11) In some societies family is thought … (be) very important.

12) Child custody can … (award) to the mother or the father.