Advanced Family Law Quiz

1) Which of the following items of evidence should not be included in the court bundle unless specifically directed by the court?

Medical records
Records of contact visits
Police disclosures
Correspondence
All of the above

2) Applications for non-molestation orders and/or occupation orders (injunctive orders made in relation to domestic violence) are heard under...

The Children Act 1989
The Family Law Act 1996
The Children and Families Act 2014

3) You were not married to the mother but are named as the father on the birth certificate. You automatically have parental responsibility for the children if...

The child was born before 1st December 2003.
The child was born after 1st December 2003.
You are the child's biological father.
It is sufficient to be named on the child's birth certificate, irrespective of when the child was born.

4) Courts can consider someone to be a parent, even if they are not biologically related to the children and no orders have yet been made.

True
False

5) Where parents make allegations against one another, and the court is to find fact as to whether allegations are true or false, the court may ask that a document is drawn up setting out those allegations, and the response from the accused. A third column allows the judge to enter their finding. What is this document called?

An Allegation Schedule
A Scott Schedule
The Fact Finding Schedule

6) When making orders in respect of children, one factor which the court should consider are the children's...

expressed wishes.
ascertainable wishes.

7) Which rules govern who a litigant can and cannot discuss their cases with?

Sections 97 of the Children Act 1989 and Family Procedure Rules [2010] 12.73 and 12.75
Section 97 of the Children Act 1989 and the Family Proceedings (Amendment No 4) Rules 2005
Section 94.12 of the Children Act 1989 and the Family Procedure Rules [2010] 12.73 and 12.75

8) If a fact finding hearing is carried out concerning allegations of domestic violence and abuse, the court should, having determined whether or not the allegations are true, ...

record its findings in writing, and serve a copy on the parties.
verbally inform the parties of its findings.

9) Cases which appear to involve, or have the potential to involve, intractable opposition to contact should be heard by...

Magistrates or a District Judge
A District or Circuit Judge, or in the most complex cases, in the High Court

10) When should a court bundle be prepared for court?

For hearings of more than one hour (unless both parties are litigants-in-person) or a hearing has been listed urgently and it is impractical to produce a bundle in the timescale.
For all hearings (unless both parties are litigants-in-person) or a hearing has been listed urgently and it is impractical to produce a bundle in the timescale.