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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A any of these
B death of the payor
C death of the recipient
D none of these
E remarriage of the recipient
Question #2
A The payor quits his or her job.
B The cost of living goes up in the area where either of the parties lives.
C It is a lump sum or rehabilitation award rather than a term alimony award.
D A change in circumstances occurs that makes the original order unfair.
Question #3
A Alimony will not be awarded by courts unless the marriage is considered a long term marriage (longer than 15 years).
B Contributions to the marriage as a homemaker will not be considered because they are too difficult to calculate.
C The fundamental question considered by the courts is does one of the parties have a need for continuing financial support that the other party has an ability to pay?
D Courts in all states will give considerable weight to marital infidelity as a factor.
Question #4
A Its primary purpose is to punish a blameworthy spouse.
B Alimony awards have decreased in number but increased in duration.
C It is never awarded in the context of a no-fault divorce.
D It is viewed primarily as an economic event designed to enable a dependent spouse to obtain skills, enter or reenter the workforce, and become self-sufficient.
Question #5
A child care and protection actions
B divorce actions
C paternity actions
D legal separation actions
E all of the above
Question #6
A The court is likely to consider each of these a sufficient ground to warrant a deviation.
B Although she can still work at her job, Andrea has developed a respiratory condition and seeks a deviation on that basis.
C The daughter has been accepted at a very expensive college and Andrea considers this an extraordinary expense.
D None of these is sufficient to warrant a deviation from the guidelines amount.
E Andrea has recently remarried and her new husband has a child they are raising.
Question #7
A A parent’s child support obligation automatically terminates when the child reaches the age of majority in every state.
B A step-parent owes a duty of child support to step-children he or she has adopted.
C A parent’s duty to support his or her child may continue even if the child is in the custody of a governmental agency such as a residential treatment program.
D Child support refers to a parent’s legal obligation to contribute to the economic maintenance of a child until the age of majority, emancipation, or some other circumstance specified by a court
Question #8
A reduced.
B increased.
C discharged.
D not discharged.
Question #9
A all of these
B enforcement of support awards
C establishment of paternity when necessary
D assistance in locating absent parents
E periodic review of child support awards
Question #10
A passport denial
B credit clouding/reporting
C income withholding
D tax refund intercepts
E civil contempt
Question #11
A Child support is for the benefit of the children and not her.
B She is unlikely to be awarded much child support because her relationship with her boyfriend caused the breakup of her marriage.
C The formula for calculating child support commonly takes into account the number of children, child care costs, and the income of the noncustodial parent.
D Child support is driven by state guidelines.
Question #12
A Len should file an action for a decrease in child support.
B Susan should stop allowing Len to visit with Melody because he does not comply with the parties’ agreed upon and court ordered visitation schedule.
C Susan should stop allowing Len to visit with Melody because he is delinquent in child support payments.
D Susan should file a complaint for modification of the custody order.
Question #13
A the custodial parent’s sexual preference
B a documented history of domestic violence
C the child’s preference
D parental smoking
Question #14
A race
B gender
C religion
D sexual preference
E stability
Question #15
A Kristen based on the tender years presumption.
B Derek based on the paternal preference rule.
C Derek based on the primary caretaker presumption.
D Derek based on the significant contacts test.
Question #16
A tender years doctrine
B best interest of the child
C maternal preference
D approximation rule
E paternal preference
Question #17
A UCCJEA
B The Hague Convention
C UCCJA
D The PKPA
Question #18
A Oklahoma as the child’s home state.
B California because that is the state where Roberto plans to file for divorce as a last resort.
C California because that state has the most significant connection to the couple because they married there and their child was born there.
D Oklahoma based on emergency jurisdiction.
Question #19
A split custody.
B joint custody.
C a co-parenting agreement.
D all of the above.
Question #20
A whichever custody arrangement the parties require in their separation or parenting agreement.
B split custody.
C legal custody to one parent, physical custody to the other.
D joint custody.
Question #21
A individual decision making authority.
B joint legal custody.
C split custody.
D joint physical custody.
Question #22
A seek a protective order
B request a discovery conference
C request that the court sanction the husband for his tasteless behavior
D order the husband to cease all discovery
Question #23
A depositions
B request for production of documents or things
C request for admissions
D interrogatories
Question #24
A request for admissions
B request for production of documents or things
C interrogatories
D deposition
Question #25
A electronic discovery
B depositions
C interrogatories
D requests for physical or mental examinations
Question #26
A financial assets and liabilities.
B parenting history, skills and weaknesses.
C financial and nonfinancial contributions to the marriage.
D dissipation of marital assets.
E none of the above.
F all of the above.
Question #27
A establishing that a nonresident defendant has sufficient minimum contacts with the state under its long-arm statute.
B publication in a newspaper and mailing to a nonresident defendant’s last known address.
C personal service on a nonresident defendant while he or she is physically present in the jurisdiction.
D actual service over a defendant domiciled in the state.
Question #28
A in rem jurisdiction
B subject matter jurisdiction
C venue
D personal jurisdiction
Question #29
A home state
B jurisdiction
C domicile
D residence
Question #30
A mediation
B direct negotiation
C pretrial conferencing
D arbitration
Question #31
A initial interview, discovery, Complaint, separation agreement, Answer, trial, decree.
B initial interview, negotiation, Answer, Complaint, separation agreement, trial, decree.
C initial interview, Complaint, Answer, discovery, separation agreement, hearing, decree.
D discovery, Complaint, Answer, temporary orders, negotiation, permanent orders, separation agreement, trial, decree.