The purpose of a financial worksheet is not:
a. To identify the client's income and assets.
b. To determine how assets are held or titled.
c. To identify the client's expenses and liabilities.
d. To give the client something to do while waiting for a trial date.
Q. 2Before a paralegal makes support referrals, the paralegal must discuss it with:
a. The attorney of record.
b. The community therapist.
c. The client.
d. The firm social worker.
Q. 3Competent office staff of an efficiently managed law office would not inspire trust and confidence by:
a. Promptly returning phone calls.
b. Contacting a client at the last minute for a custody hearing.
c. Only making promises they can keep.
d. Taking good notes.
Q. 4Even though special defenses in divorce are rare, which of the following is available?
a. The defendant never identified himself when he was served by abode service.
b. The marriage was never valid.
c. The defendant has grounds for a divorce against the plaintiff.
d. The defendant does not have the money to hire an attorney.
Q. 5Our client has indicated in her intake interview that she has no money, no credit cards, no food in the house, and two children arriving home from school in a couple of hours. We plan to file the complaint tomorrow and will need to:
a. Wait for the decree to obtain any support for her.
b. Consider a pendente lite motion.
c. Move immediately forward, preparing a request for pre-return date relief.
d. Tell her to find a friend or family member who can help out for a couple of months.
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