While unmarried, Alexandra had affairs with several men and eventually had a child, Marlena. One of the boyfriends, Walter, was unaware of the affairs and believed Marlena was his child. He voluntarily acknowledged paternity and loved and supported the child until she was ten years old. When Marlena needed a kidney transplant, Walter learned through tests that there was no way he could be her father and that he was not a suitable donor. He now wants to disestablish paternity. How will the courts respond to his petition?
A) Given that the blood tests prove to a scientific certainty that he is not Marlena's father, the court will disestablish paternity and relieve him of responsibility for the child.
B) The court will refuse to disestablish paternity in the best interests of the child.
C) The court will disestablish paternity in the best interests of the child.
D) The result will depend on the jurisdiction.
Q. #2Which of the following is NOT a benefit of establishing one's legal parentage?
A) Knowing who one's parents are helps build a child's identity.
B) Even children born out of wedlock have the right to recover under wrongful death statutes when one of their legal parents dies.
C) It establishes eligibility for a host of dependent-based governmental benefits.
D) All of the above are benefits of establishing a child's legal parentage.
Q. #3There is only one category of index in law books and legal reference materials.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. #4Finding tools are nothing more than the books, indexes, search engines or digests that a researcher uses to find the primary and secondary resources.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. #5Which of the following examples is a parallel citation?
a. Slimy v. U.S., 825 U.S. 4 (1984).
b. Slimy v. U.S., 825 U.S. 4, 19 S.Ct. 1099, 29 L.Ed. 306 (1984).
c. Slimy v. U.S., 19 S.Ct. 1099, 1100 (1984).
d. Slimy v. U.S., 29 L.Ed. 306 (1984).
Q. #6Marisol and her boyfriend have been dating for more than three years and intend to get married in the near future. Marisol just gave birth to their son, Michael, and they are both eager to accept their parental responsibilities and raise their child together. Which of the following is the easiest and most appropriate way for them to establish Michael's legal parentage?
A) ask the courts to adjudicate paternity
B) apply the marital presumption
C) execute a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity
D) None of the above will establish legal parentage because Marisol and her boyfriend were not married when their son was born.
Q. #7Which of the following is a correct citation to a U.S. Supreme Court opinion?
a. Slimy v. U.S., 825 U.S. 4, 19 S.Ct. 1099, 29 L. Ed.2d. 306 (1984).
b. Slimy v. U.S., 825 U.S. 4, 6 (1984).
c. Charlesworth v. Mack, No. 92-212 (U.S. Feb. 4, 1992).
d. All of the above
Q. #8Which one of the following statements is NOT true with respect to the ways in which the courts and legislatures are addressing assisted reproductive technology issues?
A) The general trend in cases involving frozen embryos is towards enforcing agreements on a case by case basis and not compelling unwanted parenthood.
B) In the Baby M case, the New Jersey Supreme Court refused to enforce a surrogacy contract as contrary to public policy and fashioned a family by treating the case as involving two never married genetic birth parents.
C) It has been clearly established that frozen embryos constitute marital property subject to division in the context of divorce.
D) Many states have no statutory or case law governing surrogacy agreements.
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