Deck 14: The Legal Status of Children

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Manage the minor's assets; collect assets due the minor; sell, lease, or mortgage the minor's assets; invest the minor's assets; pay the minor's debts from the minor's assets; support the minor from the minor's assets; represent (or obtain representation for) the minor in court when needed.

Question 2

Emancipation by operation of law occurs:

A)when the child moves out of the house
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

Answer 2

D

Question 3

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

Answer 3

The right to receive written notice of the charges against him or her. The right to a hearing on the charges to determine whether they are valid. The right to an impartial hearing officer. The right to be represented by counsel at the hearing. The right to present evidence and to confront the accuser at the hearing.

Question 4

List ways a child can be emancipated.

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

What contract rights do minors have?

Question 8

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

Question 9

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 10

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

Question 11

How does a minor acquire a domicile?

Question 12

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 13

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

Question 14

Teachers are in loco parentis.

Question 15

Minority:

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

Question 16

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

Question 17

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

Question 18

Minors cannot own property in their own name.

Question 19

What is child abuse, child neglect, and dependency?

Question 20

Contracts by most minors are void.

Question 21

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
assuming some or all parental responsibilities

Question 22

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

Question 23

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
abused, neglected, or abandoned

Question 24

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

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
basic items needed by a family

Question 26

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
takes effect while donor is alive

Question 27

A child reaches legal adulthood at the age of .

Question 28

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
court-appointed volunteer

Question 29

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
abandonment of a baby without being subject to prosecution

Question 30

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
taking possession without notice

Question 31

What is a status offense?

Question 32

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

Question 33

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
absence of wrongful intent

Question 34

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
reasonable belief

Question 35

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

Question 36

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

Question 37

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
all of one's assets and liabilities