Family Law Unit Review

The Questions MarriageKidsFoster Care & Adoption Separation & Divorce Child Custody $100 $200 $300 $400 $500

Marriage for $100 This is the age where one can get married without parental consent.

Answer:  What is 18? Back to the Questions

Marriage for $200  Before one can get married, what steps might have to be taken?

Answer:  Apply for marriage license, get a blood test, waiting period  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Marriage for $300  This is the term for ending a marriage usually within a year because of fraud or lying about a health condition, etc…

Answer:  What is an annulment?  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Marriage for $400  These laws, now ruled unconstitutional, once prevented people of different races from getting married.

Answer  What are anti- miscengenation laws?  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Marriage for $500  This practice, where one is married to more than one person was ruled unconstitutional in the 1878 Reynolds vs. Sims case.

Answer: What is bigamy?  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Kids for $100 These are three types of child abuse.

Answer:  What is emotional (mental), physical, sexual, and/or neglect?  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Kids for $200 A mother may file this, in order to receive child support payments from a father and determine whether the child is biologically his…

Answer  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions What is a paternity suit?

Kids for $300  When a child fails to attend to school…

Answer  What is truancy?  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

DAILY DOUBLE!!! How much would you like to wager?

The Daily Double Question  Describe three different ways in which a parent can be held responsible for neglect…

Answer:  Failure to…  Get medical attention  Provide food, clothing, and shelter  Providing an education  Providing social/emotional growth  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Kids for $500  If a parent provides an illegal substance to a child, this is known as….

Answer: 1. Contributing to the delinquency of a minor  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Foster Care & Adoption for $100  True or False: In Michigan, same sex partners are able to adopt each others children

Answer:  False  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Foster Care & Adoption for $200  Describe a situation where a child may be removed from his/her biological parents?

Answer:  What is abuse, neglect, etc…  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

DAILY DOUBLE!!! How much would you like to wager?

The Daily Double Question  What is the difference between physical custody and legal custody?

Answer:  Physical custody is where a child is placed  Legal custody is who retains the legal guardianship of child and is able to make decisions regarding placement, schooling, healthcare, etc…  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Foster Care & Adoption for $400  What type of custody does a foster parent have?

Answer  What is physical?  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Foster Care & Adoption for $500  Describe the difference between an open and closed adoption.

Answer  Open – the child is able to find out his/her biological parents and is able to contact them  Closed – the child is legally not allowed to know his/her biological parents  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Separation & Divorce for $100  What is the difference between separation and divorce?

Answer  Legal separation is temporary while a divorce is the permanent termination of a marriage.  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Separation & Divorce for $200:  True/False: One must have a reason, such as infidelity, for filing for divorce.

Answer  False  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Separation & Divorce for $300  This is a payment to a spouse to help him/her maintain his/her standard of living or attain an education once divorced.

Answer:  What is alimony?  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Separation & Divorce for $400  Describe the difference between separate and community property and provide an example of each.

Answer:  Separate: was gained prior to marriage  Community: was gained by both partners during marriage  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Separation & Divorce for $500  This religious marriage agreements mandates at least a two-year separation period before a divorce is granted.

Answer:  What is a covenant marriage?  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Child Custody for $100  In this arrangement, both parents are given custodial rights to the child.

Answer:  What is joint custody?  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Child Custody for $200  Even if a parent is unemployed, he/she may still be responsible for child support payments.

Answer: True  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Child Custody for $300  This doctrine, not commonly used today, mandates that child custody be given to the mother in order to provide a nurturing environment.

Answer: 1. What is the tender years doctrine?  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Child Custody for $400 When determining custody what is the primary factor that the courts consider?

Answer What is in the best interest of the child?  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Child Custody for $500 In this type of care, legal guardianship is not given to a father or mother, but to another biological relative.

Answer:  What is kinship care?  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions