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Chapter 8 Multiple choice questions
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Chapter 8 Multiple choice questions
Adoption
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True or false? Adoptions are always "transplants" of the child into a new family so that the child has no on-going contact with his or her birth family?
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Which of the following may be adopted?
Any person under 19, provided they were under 18 when the adoption application was made.
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Someone who is married or in a civil partnership
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An adult
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A child under 6 weeks old
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Which of the following people would not be able to adopt in England and Wales?
A person who is the partner of a parent of the person to be adopted
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A married couple
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Someone under 21 who is not a natural parent of the child
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An unmarried homosexual couple who are living as partners in a stable and enduring family unit
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Local authorities have a duty under
s 2 Adoption and Children Act 2002
to provide adoption services in their area to meet various people's needs. To which of the following do they not owe that duty?
Children who may be adopted
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Children who have been adopted
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The natural parents and former guardians of those children
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Taxpayers within the authority
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Which of the following circumstances would not allow a child to be placed with prospective adopters?
The child's parents consent to the placement
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The child's guardians consent to the placement
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The consent of the child's parents cannot reasonably be attained
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The court makes a placement order
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What is the effect of placement on the parental responsibility of the child's parents or guardians?
It continues
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It ceases
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Under which of the following circumstances would the court be able to make a placement order?
The child is subject to a care order and the child has no parent or guardian
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The court is satisfied that the conditions for making a care order in s 31(2) of the Children Act 1989 are met and the child has no parent or guardian
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The child is subject to a care order and each parent or guardian of the child has given a general consent to placement - which has not been withdrawn
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What is the qualifying period for a local authority foster parent?
10 weeks
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6 months
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12 months
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A total of 3 years during the last 5 years
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The consent of which of the following is not required for adoption?
An unmarried father with parental responsibility
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Existing adoptive parents where the child is adopted for a second time
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The child's mother
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A step-parent with parental responsibility
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Which of the following are not considered alternatives to adoption?
Child Arrangements Orders dealing with who the child is to live with and when
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Special guardianship orders
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The no order principle
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Child arrangements orders dealing with who the child is to spend time with or have contact with
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