When parents fail to provide a safe and nurturing environment for their children, the state intervenes to protect the children. The state possesses the authority for such action under the legal doctrine of________.
a. Parens patriae
b. SPCC
c. CAPTA
d. Supremacy clause
Q. 2Which of these methods will not help to establish custody of a nonmarital child?
a. A support action
a. An informal custody agreement
b. A custody petition/hearing
c. An petition for sole custody in the case of a missing parent
Q. 3Which of the following is unlikely to have had much effect on the stigma against nonmarital children?
a. Levy v. Louisiani
b. UPA
c. DOMA
d. The increasing number of couples cohabiting
Q. 4In Levy v. Louisiani, what was the argument that succeeded in changing the way nonmarital children were viewed legally?
a. First Amendment, freedom of association
b. Fourteenth Amendment, equal protection
c. Fifth Amendment, due process
d. Application of the Uniform Parentage Act
Q. 5Which of these situations is most apt to result in a denial of de facto parenthood?
a. The father did not discover his child's genetic makeup for twelve years.
b. The father consented to artificial insemination.
c. The child had not left the hospital when the man named on the birth certificate discovered he was not genetically related to the child.
d. Although not married, the parents have raised three children, the oldest of whom has only recently been discovered not to be genetically related to the father.
Q. 6Once the child reaches the age of the jurisdictional majority, child support:
a. Is automatically terminated.
b. Can be terminated by court order.
c. Will be automatically extended as long as the child is a full-time student.
d. Will be renegotiated under the changed circumstances modification provisions.
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