Deck 9: Child Custody

Question 1

Cohabitation occurs when two persons:

A)are coparenting a child
B)have joint physical custody
C)live together in an intimate (usually sexual) relationship
D)were formerly married

Answer 1

C

Question 2

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

Answer 2

In contested custody cases, the parents have been fighting about which parent should have custody. This animosity suggests that they will not be able to cooperate in the manner needed for a joint custody arrangement to work.

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Gender-based standard: tender-years presumption; gender-neutral standard: best interests of the child, primary-caregiver presumption.

Question 4

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

Question 5

What role can religion play in a child-custody decision?

Question 6

How does a judge decide a custody dispute between biological parents?

Question 7

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

Question 8

Grandparents must be granted the right to visit their grandchildren.

Question 9

A psychological parent is someone who is not biologically related to the child.

Question 10

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory:

A)is a test to assess the effectiveness of supervised visitation
B)is a test to assess personality characteristics
C)is a list of criteria used by the court to make the custody decision
D)is a list of criteria for resolving conflicting presumptions

Question 11

Race cannot be the sole factor that determines the award of custody.

Question 12

A parent with sole physical custody:

A)can make the decision on where the child attends school
B)can make the decision on where the child lives
C)can make the decision on where the child attends religious services
D)can make the decision on whether grandparents can visit the child

Question 13

A parenting coordinator (PC) is a professional who assists parents to resolve custody disputes that arise under a parenting plan.

Question 14

The phrase, "he was awarded custody" is confusing because the phrase does not tell you:

A)whether the custody was physical custody only
B)whether the custody was legal custody only
C)whether the custody was physical and legal custody
D)all of the above

Question 15

What was the holding of Troxel v. Granville?

Question 16

Coparenting is shared responsibility by two adults to raise a child, regardless of the marital status or sexual orientation of the adults.

Question 17

Although a best-interests attorney represents a child, this attorney is not bound by the directives or objectives of the child.

Question 18

Mediation is a method of alternate dispute resolution (ADR) in which the parties avoid litigation by submitting their dispute to a neutral third person (the mediator) who renders a decision resolving it for them.

Question 19

When will a court order visitation to be supervised?

Question 20

The parent with legal custody determines where the child lives.

Question 21

What two important laws have been enacted to reduce child snatching and forum shopping in child-custody cases?

Question 22

Shared responsibility by two adults to raise a child, regardless of the marital status or sexual orientation of the adults is called .

Question 23

What test does a judge use to resolve a custody dispute between a biological parent and a psychological parent who is not a biological parent?

Question 24

Under the presumption, custody should be granted to the parent who thus far has taken care of most of the daily needs of the child unless this parent is unfit.

Question 25

custody is the right of an adult to have a child reside with the adult.

Question 26

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a.tender-years presumption
b.psychological parent
c.dirty hands
d.legal custody
e.assign
f.levy
g.QDRO
h.ex parte
i.UIFSA
j.forum shopping
has a substantial and continuing relationship with a child

Question 27

The state is the state where the child has lived with a parent (or anyone acting as a parent) for at least six consecutive months immediately before the court proceeding began
or since birth if the child is less than six months old.

Question 28

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a.tender-years presumption
b.psychological parent
c.dirty hands
d.legal custody
e.assign
f.levy
g.QDRO
h.ex parte
i.UIFSA
j.forum shopping
collection or seizure of property

Question 29

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a.tender-years presumption
b.psychological parent
c.dirty hands
d.legal custody
e.assign
f.levy
g.QDRO
h.ex parte
i.UIFSA
j.forum shopping
looking for a court that will give a favorable ruling

Question 30

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a.tender-years presumption
b.psychological parent
c.dirty hands
d.legal custody
e.assign
f.levy
g.QDRO
h.ex parte
i.UIFSA
j.forum shopping
transfer rights

Question 31

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a.tender-years presumption
b.psychological parent
c.dirty hands
d.legal custody
e.assign
f.levy
g.QDRO
h.ex parte
i.UIFSA
j.forum shopping
device for an alternate payee to reach a pension

Question 32

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a.tender-years presumption
b.psychological parent
c.dirty hands
d.legal custody
e.assign
f.levy
g.QDRO
h.ex parte
i.UIFSA
j.forum shopping
inappropriate behavior

Question 33

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a.tender-years presumption
b.psychological parent
c.dirty hands
d.legal custody
e.assign
f.levy
g.QDRO
h.ex parte
i.UIFSA
j.forum shopping
mothers are better suited to raise young children

Question 34

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a.tender-years presumption
b.psychological parent
c.dirty hands
d.legal custody
e.assign
f.levy
g.QDRO
h.ex parte
i.UIFSA
j.forum shopping
both sides are not in court

Question 35

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a.tender-years presumption
b.psychological parent
c.dirty hands
d.legal custody
e.assign
f.levy
g.QDRO
h.ex parte
i.UIFSA
j.forum shopping
right to make the major child-rearing decisions

Question 36

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a.tender-years presumption
b.psychological parent
c.dirty hands
d.legal custody
e.assign
f.levy
g.QDRO
h.ex parte
i.UIFSA
j.forum shopping
interstate collection of child support

Question 37

A order is a form of injunction, initially issued ex parte (with only one side present), to prevent the defendant from doing a threatened act.

Question 38

A parent is when he or she demonstrates abuse or neglect that is substantially detrimental to a child.