Self test questions: The Children Act - the private law

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. Which of the following people do not have automatic parental responsibility for a child?

The child's mother correct incorrect

A father who is married to the mother at the child's birth correct incorrect

An unmarried father of a child born after 1 November 2003 who is named on the child's birth certificate correct incorrect

A father who is not married to the mother at the child's birth and is not named on the birth certificate correct incorrect

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. Which of the following orders usually lasts beyond a child's sixteenth birthday?

Child arrangements order dealing who a child is to live and when correct incorrect

Child arrangements order dealing with who a child is to spend time with or have contact with correct incorrect

Specific issue order correct incorrect

Prohibited steps order correct incorrect

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. Which of the following women is the legal mother of a child?

A woman who commissions a surrogate where the surrogate uses that woman's egg correct incorrect

A woman who commissions a surrogate where the surrogate uses her own egg correct incorrect

A surrogate mother correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not a legal father?

A genetic father, not including a sperm donor correct incorrect

A sperm donor who has donated sperm to a licensed clinic and that sperm is not used in accordance with his consent correct incorrect

A man married to a woman undergoing IVF treatment for which he did not provide the sperm and if he does not consent to the treatment correct incorrect

A man who adopts a child correct incorrect

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. Which of the following does not result in the loss of parental responsibility?

Revocation of parental responsibility by the court correct incorrect

A special guardianship order correct incorrect

Revocation of a Child Arrangements order (residence) which was made in favour of a non-parent correct incorrect

Adoption correct incorrect

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. True or false, domestic violence will always prevent a child arrangements order dealing with contact being made?

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not a factor that the court must take into account when making a decision in relation to a child?

The welfare principle correct incorrect

The no-delay principle correct incorrect

The wishes and feelings of the parents correct incorrect

The welfare checklist correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not a factor in the welfare checklist?

The ascertainable wishes and feelings of the child (considered in light of his age and understanding) correct incorrect

The child's physical, emotional and educational needs correct incorrect

The child's age, sex, background, and any characteristics of his which the court considers relevant correct incorrect

Any history of domestic violence correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not entitled to apply for the full range of section 8 orders without an application for leave?

Parent correct incorrect

Party to a marriage or civil partnership in relation to which the child is a child of the family correct incorrect

Guardian appointed under s 5 correct incorrect

Special guardian appointed under s 14A correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not a factor that the court will consider when deciding whether to grant leave under s 10(9) Children Act 1989?

Whether the applicant is vexatious correct incorrect

The applicant's connection with the child correct incorrect

Any risk that the proposed application would disrupt the child's life to an extent that he would be harmed by it correct incorrect

If a child is being cared for by the local authority, that authority's plan for the child's future and the wishes and feelings of the child's parents correct incorrect