1. Family Law Unit Review

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

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

4. Answer:  What is 18? Back to the Questions

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

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

7. 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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. 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…

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

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

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

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

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

21. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30. 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

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

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

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

34. 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

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

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

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

38. Answer  False  Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

39. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

49. 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.

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

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

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

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

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