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Across 3. A person who knowingly marries a second spouse while still married to the first 4. A legal union of a man and a woman 6. Legal contract resolving property and other claims that might result from a marriage 8. Results from a problem that existed from beginning of the supposed union 9. The division of the physical and other care and control responsibilities for a child 10. Laws made to make divorce easier to obtain 11. Allows individuals to legally assume the rights and duties of father or mother 13. Another word for annulment 14. The first step towards a divorce 15. The method used to end a marriage 16. Creates no rights or duties for either party and is considered invalid from the beginning 17. A child's legal guardian

Down 1. Marital relationship legalized by the couple holding themselves out as husband and wife and sharing home and property for an extended period 2. Mutual duties of the wife and husband 5. The support paid by one of the marital partners to the other after divorce and during separation 7. Offers many rights, duties, and benefits as marriage to those who elect to form it 9. The monetary payment by a parent to provide a dependent child with appropriate economic maintenance 12. Legal procedure for declaring that a voidable marriage is null and void