Chapter 8 Multiple choice questions

. The family justice board was established in 2012 to drive forward change. Its terms of reference were?

To reduce delay, progress the 26 week time limit, resolve private law proceedings out of court if appropriate, to build greater cross-agency coherence and to improve the family justice system's performance.

To reduce delay, progress the 24 week time limit, resolve private law proceedings out of court if appropriate, to build greater cross-agency coherence and to improve the family justice system's performance.

To reduce delay, progress the 30 week time limit, deal with resolve private law proceedings quicker, to build greater cross-agency coherence and to tackle variations in local performance.

To reduce delay, progress the 26 week time limit, resolve private law proceedings out of court if appropriate, to build greater cross-agency coherence and to tackle variations in local performance.

. A legal planning meeting is held when?

The local authority is concerned that threshold has been met and they need to consult with local authority legal advisors to convene a legal planning meeting (Statutory guidance on Court Orders and Pre-Proceedings).

The local authority is concerned that threshold has been met and they need to consult with parents first to convene a legal planning meeting (Statutory guidance Working Together).

The local authority is concerned and agree to carry out a single assessment. They notify a legal advisor they have concerns first (Statutory guidance Working Together).

The local authority is concerned and agree to start the process of carrying out assessments. They inform the family they are going to do this (Statutory guidance on Court Orders and Pre-Proceedings).

. What does PLO stand for?

Proceedings and Legal Outline

Public Law Outline

. An Issues Resolutions Hearing, IRH can be used for what?

To ensure a Children's Guardian is appointed in order to file a final analysis.

To narrow the issues for a final hearing as there must always be a final hearing to conclude matters.

For the Court to issue a Case Management Order

To timetable all of the evidence at this stage.

. Under Section 31 of the Children Act 1989 alongside a Local Authority who can make an application for a care order?

Parents

Authorised person

Guardians

Mencap

. Baroness Hale's, Care Proceedings: standard of proof, was observed in which piece of case law?

Re: O (children)

Re: B (children)

Re: M (children)

Re: D (children)

. 'Harm' is defined in s31 of the Children Act. Which one of the following is not a correct definition?

'Ill' treatment includes sexual abuse, and forms of treatment that are not physical including impairment suffered from seeing or hearing the ill treatment of another.

'Health' means physical health only.

'Development' means physical, intellectual, emotional, social and behavioural development.

'Harm' means ill treatment of the impairment of health or development.

. Which of the following is NOT a criterion for determining threshold criteria for abuse and neglect?

The court is not responsible for improving the nature or to secure that a child has a happy and fulfilled life, but to be satisfied that the statutory threshold has been crossed

The court must ask a specialist to identify the nature of harm being experienced

The court should identify precisely the nature of the harm which the child is suffering or likely to suffer

The court must determine the degree of likelihood that harm shall be suffered in the future

. When a Care Order is made this gives the local authority parental responsibility and extinguishes the child's parent's parental rights completely?

True

False

. Short term Orders to protect children include?

Emergency Protection Order, Child Assessment Order, Recovery Order and Police Powers of Protection.

Interim Care or Supervision Orders.

Emergency Care Order, Recovery Order and Child Assessment Order.

Emergency Care Order, Child Arrangements Order and Police Powers of Protection.