Deck 12: Legal Writing

Question 1

Child neglect and child abuse:

A) are the same.
B) differ mainly on the basis of whether the perpetrator was in control of the circumstances that led to the child maltreatment.
C) differ mainly on the basis of whether the perpetrator is a man or woman.
D) differ mainly on the basis of whether a court order has been issued.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Minors cannot own property in their own name.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Teachers are in loco parentis.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What contract rights do minors have?

Question 5

List ways a child can be emancipated.

Question 6

A safe-haven law protects a woman from prosecution if she abandons a baby at designated locations such as a hospital or doctor's office where it can receive immediate medical care.

Question 7

Minority:

A) is a status offense.
B) occurs during emancipation.
C) is a disability.
D) is not a disability.

Question 8

Emancipation by operation of law occurs:

A) when the child marries.
B) when the child reaches the age of majority.
C) when the parent agrees to allow the child to live on his or her own.
D) all of the above.

Question 9

What is child abuse, child neglect, and dependency?

Question 10

What are the duties of a guardian who is appointed when a minor's parents die?

Question 11

Probable cause is a reasonable belief that a specific crime has been committed and that the accused committed the crime or a reasonable belief that good grounds exist to bring civil proceedings against someone.

Question 12

What gives teachers the authority to administer corporal punishment to students?

Question 13

Necessaries are basic items needed by family members to maintain a standard of living, particularly food, shelter, and clothing.

Question 14

What procedural rights must be given to a student the school wants to expel?

Question 15

Unemancipated children are not entitled to keep their own job earnings.

Question 16

In all states, minors cannot disaffirm those contracts they entered by lying about their age.

Question 17

A child must be a minimum age to have a will.

Question 18

Contracts by most minors are void.

Question 19

In most states, a minor is someone over 18 years of age.

Question 20

How does a minor acquire a domicile?

Question 21

Mandatory requires designated individuals to inform a public authority, such as the police or child protective services, of suspected child abuse.

Question 22

Something is if it is close at hand, about to happen.

Question 23

The elements of most contracts are offer, acceptance, and .

Question 24

What is a status offense?

Question 25

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below.
a. in loco parentis
b. CASA
c. necessaries
d. inter vivos
e. dependency
f. safe-haven law
g. probable cause
h. summary seizure
i. estate
j. good faith
29. takes effect while donor is alive
30. abandonment of a baby without being subject to prosecution
31. reasonable belief
32. taking possession without notice
33. all of one's assets and liabilities
34. assuming some or all parental responsibilities
35. basic items needed by a family
36. absence of wrongful intent
37. court-appointed volunteer
38. abused, neglected, or abandoned

Question 26

A child reaches legal adulthood at the age of .

Question 27

care is a child-welfare service that provides shelter and substitute family care when a child's own family cannot provide this care.

Question 28

The defense of infancy allows a minor to a voidable contract.