Deck 9: Child Custody

Question 1

What is the home state of a child under the UCCJEA? FILL IN THE BLANK Complete each statement.

Answer 1

The state in which the child has lived with a parent (or anyone acting as a parent)
for at least six consecutive months immediately before the custody case is commenced
in court or since birth if the child is less than six months old.
FILL IN THE BLANK
Complete each statement.

Question 2

What was the holding of Troxel v. Granville?

Answer 2

Third parties such as grandparents cannot be given visitation rights if the
visitation would interfere with the constitutional right of a fit parent to make child-
rearing decisions. The decisions of fit parents must be presumed to be correct.

Question 3

Race cannot be the sole factor that determines custody.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The main standard used by courts in awarding custody is the ________________________ .

Question 5

A court will consider ________________________ visitation if there is a danger that the noncustodial parent will flee with the child or otherwise harm the child.

Question 6

The parent with legal custody determines where the child lives.

Question 7

Name a gender-based custody standard and a gender-neutral custody standard.

Question 8

Name two statutes that cover interstate custody issues.

Question 9

Why is joint custody unlikely to work in contested custody cases?

Question 10

Grandparents must be granted the right to visit their grandchildren.

Question 11

A child suffering from parental alienation syndrome expresses a level of hatred for one parent that did not exist before the custody dispute arose.

Question 12

MATCHING

Match each numbered entry with most relevant lettered entry below.

a. disputed
b. special representative
c. seeking a favorable court
d. guideline often favoring mother
e. strong emotional bond
f. siblings
g. child-rearing decisions
h. six consecutive months
i. alternative to litigation
j. gender-neutral guideline
k. full faith and credit
l. main custody standard
legal custody

Question 13

Why is the tender years presumption legally questionable?

Question 14

If the parents disagree about whether a child's surname should be changed, the court will decide the issue on the basis of the ________________________ .

Question 15

The arrangement in which siblings are in the physical custody of different parents is called ________________________ custody.

Question 16

If a biological parent is living, a court cannot grant custody to a psychological parent.

Question 17

A court that obtains custody jurisdiction in compliance with the UCCJEA has ________________________ jurisdiction to make all modifying custody decisions.

Question 18

A parent who leads an immoral lifestyle can never be awarded custody.

Question 19

A guardian _______________ is a special guardian (often, but not always, an attorney) appointed by the court to appear in court proceedings on behalf of a person who is a minor, is insane, or is otherwise incapacitated.

Question 20

What are some of the reasons mothers are awarded custody most of the time?

Question 21

MATCHING

Match each numbered entry with most relevant lettered entry below.

a. disputed
b. special representative
c. seeking a favorable court
d. guideline often favoring mother
e. strong emotional bond
f. siblings
g. child-rearing decisions
h. six consecutive months
i. alternative to litigation
j. gender-neutral guideline
k. full faith and credit
l. main custody standard
split custody

Question 22

MATCHING

Match each numbered entry with most relevant lettered entry below.

a. disputed
b. special representative
c. seeking a favorable court
d. guideline often favoring mother
e. strong emotional bond
f. siblings
g. child-rearing decisions
h. six consecutive months
i. alternative to litigation
j. gender-neutral guideline
k. full faith and credit
l. main custody standard
contested

Question 23

MATCHING

Match each numbered entry with most relevant lettered entry below.

a. disputed
b. special representative
c. seeking a favorable court
d. guideline often favoring mother
e. strong emotional bond
f. siblings
g. child-rearing decisions
h. six consecutive months
i. alternative to litigation
j. gender-neutral guideline
k. full faith and credit
l. main custody standard
interstate recognition of a judgment

Question 24

MATCHING

Match each numbered entry with most relevant lettered entry below.

a. disputed
b. special representative
c. seeking a favorable court
d. guideline often favoring mother
e. strong emotional bond
f. siblings
g. child-rearing decisions
h. six consecutive months
i. alternative to litigation
j. gender-neutral guideline
k. full faith and credit
l. main custody standard
best interests of the child

Question 25

MATCHING

Match each numbered entry with most relevant lettered entry below.

a. disputed
b. special representative
c. seeking a favorable court
d. guideline often favoring mother
e. strong emotional bond
f. siblings
g. child-rearing decisions
h. six consecutive months
i. alternative to litigation
j. gender-neutral guideline
k. full faith and credit
l. main custody standard
guardian ad litem

Question 26

MATCHING

Match each numbered entry with most relevant lettered entry below.

a. disputed
b. special representative
c. seeking a favorable court
d. guideline often favoring mother
e. strong emotional bond
f. siblings
g. child-rearing decisions
h. six consecutive months
i. alternative to litigation
j. gender-neutral guideline
k. full faith and credit
l. main custody standard
mediation

Question 27

MATCHING

Match each numbered entry with most relevant lettered entry below.

a. disputed
b. special representative
c. seeking a favorable court
d. guideline often favoring mother
e. strong emotional bond
f. siblings
g. child-rearing decisions
h. six consecutive months
i. alternative to litigation
j. gender-neutral guideline
k. full faith and credit
l. main custody standard
tender years presumption

Question 28

MATCHING

Match each numbered entry with most relevant lettered entry below.

a. disputed
b. special representative
c. seeking a favorable court
d. guideline often favoring mother
e. strong emotional bond
f. siblings
g. child-rearing decisions
h. six consecutive months
i. alternative to litigation
j. gender-neutral guideline
k. full faith and credit
l. main custody standard
forum shopping

Question 29

MATCHING

Match each numbered entry with most relevant lettered entry below.

a. disputed
b. special representative
c. seeking a favorable court
d. guideline often favoring mother
e. strong emotional bond
f. siblings
g. child-rearing decisions
h. six consecutive months
i. alternative to litigation
j. gender-neutral guideline
k. full faith and credit
l. main custody standard
home state

Question 30

MATCHING

Match each numbered entry with most relevant lettered entry below.

a. disputed
b. special representative
c. seeking a favorable court
d. guideline often favoring mother
e. strong emotional bond
f. siblings
g. child-rearing decisions
h. six consecutive months
i. alternative to litigation
j. gender-neutral guideline
k. full faith and credit
l. main custody standard
psychological parent