Deck 12: Legal Responses to Child Abuse and Neglect

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a provision of the Adoption and Safe Families Act discussed by the authors?

A)the law declared that the "child's health and safety shall be the paramount concern"
B)the law eliminated the federal requirement of reasonable efforts in serious cases
C)the law invited states to develop a list of aggravated circumstances that would excuse the agency from the reasonable efforts requirement
D)the law turned over the majority of decision making in cases to the states and counties

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What happens at disposition?

A)The child welfare agency offers a service plan.
B)The judge makes an order.
C)Visitation schedules are determined.
D)The child is removed.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The ______ of child welfare has made state practices much more uniform.

A)federalization
B)uniformization
C)streamlining
D)combining

Answer 3

A

Question 4

______ lays the governing foundation for every child protections case.

A)State law
B)The Court
C)Constitutional law
D)Federal law

Question 5

The Foster Care Independence Act was passed as a response to ______?

A)the struggles of unadopted older youth as they exit the system
B)the struggles of getting foster care children adopted
C)the struggles of the government to oversee the foster care system
D)the struggles of the adoption agencies to work with the foster care system

Question 6

Jenine is part of the Cherokee nation, but she and her parents do not live on a reservation.A CPS case has been opened.According to ICWA, who has jurisdiction over the case?

A)the tribal courts
B)the county courts
C)the state and tribal courts concurrently
D)the state courts

Question 7

The Child Abuse Prevention Treatment Act (CAPTA) was passed in ______.

A)1999
B)1924
C)1974
D)1985

Question 8

Child protection cases are ______?

A)civil
B)criminal
C)federal
D)small claims

Question 9

The question of how much involvement with his children was need for a father to "perfect" his constitutional rights as a parent was answered in ______?

A)Stanley v.Illinois
B)Lehr v.Robertson
C)Meyer v.Nebraska
D)Prince v.Massachusetts

Question 10

______ is a term used to describe the goal of getting children into permanent living arrangements as quickly as possible.

A)Permanency planning
B)Adoption assistance
C)Child welfare assistance
D)Foster care planning

Question 11

Which case involved a guardian who allowed her ward to sell religious magazines on the street at night?

A)Meyer v.Nebraska
B)Pierce v.Society of Sisters
C)Stanley v.Illinois
D)Prince v.Massachusetts

Question 12

Of all the federal child protection laws, ______ is the most extensive.

A)Adoption and Safe Families Act
B)Foster Care Independence Act
C)Indian Child Welfare Act
D)CAPTA

Question 13

If the child remains in foster care after ______, the court must hold a permanency planning hearing.

A)6 months
B)18 months
C)24 months
D)12 months

Question 14

The second phase of parental rights termination is ______.

A)the best interests phase
B)the statutory grounds phase
C)the termination phase
D)the ruling phase

Question 15

Mary and Todd were accused of child maltreatment, under CAPTA, the court appointed an outside party to observe, investigate, and make recommendations on the best interest of Mary and Todd's child.This person is a ______.

A)CPS worker
B)court appointed advocate
C)court appointed observer
D)guardian ad litem

Question 16

______ is the total severance of the legal relationship between a parent and child.

A)Severance of rights
B)Termination of parental rights
C)Breaking of parental rights
D)Discontinuation of rights

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a party to a child protection matter?

A)the child
B)the child welfare agency
C)the parent or accused
D)attorneys

Question 18

______ was a response to AACWA, as there were concerns that family preservation efforts were excessive.

A)Foster Care and Safe Families Act
B)Adoption and Safe Families Act
C)Termination and Adoption Act
D)Foster Care and Adoption Act

Question 19

The ______ involved the conviction of a teacher at a parochial school for teaching German to a 10-year-old.

A)Meyer v.Nebraska case
B)Nebraska v.Meyer case
C)14th Amendment
D)Due Process Clause

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT a goal of the Fostering Connections Act?

A)Enhances efforts to find children's relatives and place children with them.
B)Requires that foster children be maintain in the same school they attended before placement if possible.
C)Requires that siblings be placed together if possible.
D)Requires that children not adopted be given to relatives even if there is an alternate option.

Question 21

Please discuss what brought on the Indian Child Welfare Act as well as some of the legal implications.

Question 22

Explain some of the realities of the child protection procedure.Do things always strictly follow the procedures outlined in the text?

Question 23

What is the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act? When did come to be? And what does it do?

Question 24

Please discuss what brought on the advent of the Adoption and Safe Families Act and some of the law provisions.

Question 25

Discuss the termination of parental rights.What does it mean? And how does it happen?