Deck 15: Adoption

Question 1

A putative father registry:

A)terminates a father's parental rights
B)is a way for a father to be notified of the proposed adoption of his child
C)must be used by all fathers seeking to establish paternity
D)allows an adoptive parent and an adoptee to reconnect

Answer 1

B

Question 2

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

Answer 2

False

Question 3

What are the three main kinds of adoptions?

Answer 3

Public agency adoption, licensed private agency adoption, and independent adoption.

Question 4

Most states explicitly prohibit homosexuals from adopting children.

Question 5

An adoption always requires the consent of the biological parents.

Question 6

In a second-parent adoption, the biological parent must give up his or her parental rights to allow an unmarried partner (or cohabitant) to adopt the child.

Question 7

What is a second-parent adoption?

Question 8

What consent rights do parents have when a petition has been filed to adopt their child?

Question 9

An opportunity interest is the right of a father to develop a relationship with his child.

Question 10

What two steps comprise adoption and when do they occur?

Question 11

A black-market adoption involves a payment beyond reasonable expenses in order to facilitate the adoption.

Question 12

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

Question 13

Tortious interference with parental relationships:

A)is a remedy for wrongful adoption
B)requires in rem jurisdiction
C)can be brought against mothers who conceal the whereabouts of an infant in order to deprive a father of his right to object to an adoption of his child
D)must be established by clear and convincing evidence

Question 14

What factors will a court consider when making the adoption decision?

Question 15

What is an independent adoption?

Question 16

A termination of parental rights (TPR) is:

A)a judicial declaration that ends the legal relationship between parent and child when this is in the best interests of the child
B)granted if TPR is in the best interests of the child
C)granted involuntarily if the parent is unfit
D)all of the above

Question 17

Race can be considered in the adoption decision but it cannot be used to delay an adoption to a petitioner whose race is different from that of the child.

Question 18

The Adoption and Safe Families Act:

A)seeks to facilitate interstate adoptions
B)seeks to facilitate intercountry adoptions
C)seeks to facilitate safe adoptions
D)seeks to facilitate the adoption of children in foster care

Question 19

A child can divorce a parent found to be unfit.

Question 20

If the biological parents have already relinquished or surrendered their parental rights to an agency, the consent of the agency to the adoption will be required.

Question 21

The right or interest of a father to develop a relationship with his child is called an
interest.

Question 22

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a.foster care
b.due diligence
d.open adoption
c.nonage
e.black-market adoption
f.indigent
g.contact veto
h.interlocutory
i.best interests of the child
j.putative father registry
not final

Question 23

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a.foster care
b.due diligence
d.open adoption
c.nonage
e.black-market adoption
f.indigent
g.contact veto
h.interlocutory
i.best interests of the child
j.putative father registry
without means to afford something

Question 24

A court will order a termination of parental rights that ends the legal relationship between parent and child when this is in the .

Question 25

How does a father demonstrate his indicia of parenthood?

Question 26

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a.foster care
b.due diligence
d.open adoption
c.nonage
e.black-market adoption
f.indigent
g.contact veto
h.interlocutory
i.best interests of the child
j.putative father registry
standard used by court in adoption cases

Question 27

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a.foster care
b.due diligence
d.open adoption
c.nonage
e.black-market adoption
f.indigent
g.contact veto
h.interlocutory
i.best interests of the child
j.putative father registry
indication of wish to be notified of proposed adoption

Question 28

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a.foster care
b.due diligence
d.open adoption
c.nonage
e.black-market adoption
f.indigent
g.contact veto
h.interlocutory
i.best interests of the child
j.putative father registry
below the required minimum age

Question 29

What notice and consent rights do foster parents have in an adoption proceeding?

Question 30

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a.foster care
b.due diligence
d.open adoption
c.nonage
e.black-market adoption
f.indigent
g.contact veto
h.interlocutory
i.best interests of the child
j.putative father registry
initial and/or ongoing contact with biological parent

Question 31

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a.foster care
b.due diligence
d.open adoption
c.nonage
e.black-market adoption
f.indigent
g.contact veto
h.interlocutory
i.best interests of the child
j.putative father registry
payment beyond reasonable expenses

Question 32

is the condition of a child who has been placed in the custody of the state because the child has been abused, neglected, or abandoned.

Question 33

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a.foster care
b.due diligence
d.open adoption
c.nonage
e.black-market adoption
f.indigent
g.contact veto
h.interlocutory
i.best interests of the child
j.putative father registry
reasonable efforts to find or verify something

Question 34

Indicia of consists of conduct that indicates or evidences a parental relationship with a child.

Question 35

An adoption is one that is arranged by the birth parents and the adoptive parents without the involvement of a public agency but often with the assistance of a facilitator or intermediary.

Question 36

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a.foster care
b.due diligence
d.open adoption
c.nonage
e.black-market adoption
f.indigent
g.contact veto
h.interlocutory
i.best interests of the child
j.putative father registry
substitute family care

Question 37

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a.foster care
b.due diligence
d.open adoption
c.nonage
e.black-market adoption
f.indigent
g.contact veto
h.interlocutory
i.best interests of the child
j.putative father registry
denial of consent

Question 38

The Multiethnic Placement Act (MEPA) is a federal statute that forbids delay or denial of adoption on the basis of , color, or national origin.