Deck 15: Adoption

Question 1

Most states prohibit gays and lesbians from adopting children.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

When does an equitable adoption occur?

Answer 2

A child will be considered the adopted child of a person who intended to adopt
the child and acted as the child's parent but failed to go through the formal adoption
procedures.

Question 3

What statute is designed to facilitate interstate adoptions?

Answer 3

The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC).

Question 4

Race can be considered in the adoption decision but it cannot be the sole factor in the decision.

Question 5

In an action to terminate parental rights, when is the defendant entitled to a state- appointed attorney?

Question 6

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. legally dependent
b. denial of consent
c. under care of guardian
d. substantial abuse or neglect
e. payments beyond expenses
f. notice of proposed adoption
g. fatherhood
h. formal request
i. tort 26. ward
j. unfulfilled intention to adopt
petition

Question 7

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. legally dependent
b. denial of consent
c. under care of guardian
d. substantial abuse or neglect
e. payments beyond expenses
f. notice of proposed adoption
g. fatherhood
h. formal request
i. tort 26. ward
j. unfulfilled intention to adopt
wrongful adoption

Question 8

A contact veto is a refusal by a biological parent to be contacted by an adopted child.

Question 9

A child can divorce a parent found to be unfit.

Question 10

What are the factors considered by the court in making the adoption decision?

Question 11

Name some of the facilitators of adoption.

Question 12

A black market adoption is any adoption in which payments are reasonable.

Question 13

Define adoption.

Question 14

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. legally dependent
b. denial of consent
c. under care of guardian
d. substantial abuse or neglect
e. payments beyond expenses
f. notice of proposed adoption
g. fatherhood
h. formal request
i. tort 26. ward
j. unfulfilled intention to adopt
putative father registry

Question 15

A parent's parental rights can be terminated by a finding of unfitness by a preponderance of the evidence.

Question 16

What is a second-parent adoption?

Question 17

Why is the adoption procedure relatively cumbersome and elaborate?

Question 18

Adoption always requires the consent of the biological parents.

Question 19

What are the main categories of adoption?

Question 20

How can a noncustodial parent obtain notice of an adoption proceeding when the mother fails to inform him of the proposed adoption?

Question 21

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. legally dependent
b. denial of consent
c. under care of guardian
d. substantial abuse or neglect
e. payments beyond expenses
f. notice of proposed adoption
g. fatherhood
h. formal request
i. tort 26. ward
j. unfulfilled intention to adopt
paternity

Question 22

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. legally dependent
b. denial of consent
c. under care of guardian
d. substantial abuse or neglect
e. payments beyond expenses
f. notice of proposed adoption
g. fatherhood
h. formal request
i. tort 26. ward
j. unfulfilled intention to adopt
contact veto

Question 23

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. legally dependent
b. denial of consent
c. under care of guardian
d. substantial abuse or neglect
e. payments beyond expenses
f. notice of proposed adoption
g. fatherhood
h. formal request
i. tort 26. ward
j. unfulfilled intention to adopt
unfit

Question 24

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. legally dependent
b. denial of consent
c. under care of guardian
d. substantial abuse or neglect
e. payments beyond expenses
f. notice of proposed adoption
g. fatherhood
h. formal request
i. tort 26. ward
j. unfulfilled intention to adopt
black market

Question 25

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. legally dependent
b. denial of consent
c. under care of guardian
d. substantial abuse or neglect
e. payments beyond expenses
f. notice of proposed adoption
g. fatherhood
h. formal request
i. tort 26. ward
j. unfulfilled intention to adopt
ward

Question 26

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. legally dependent
b. denial of consent
c. under care of guardian
d. substantial abuse or neglect
e. payments beyond expenses
f. notice of proposed adoption
g. fatherhood
h. formal request
i. tort 26. ward
j. unfulfilled intention to adopt
equitable adoption

Question 27

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.

a. legally dependent
b. denial of consent
c. under care of guardian
d. substantial abuse or neglect
e. payments beyond expenses
f. notice of proposed adoption
g. fatherhood
h. formal request
i. tort 26. ward
j. unfulfilled intention to adopt
unemancipated