Intractable Contact Dispute Quiz | The Custody Minefield

1) Family law 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 particularly complex cases, in the High Court)

2) Depending on circumstances, the decision to award no contact may be subject to appeal and the decision may be overturned if...

The court failed to consider alternative options to the cessation of contact or limiting contact to indirect contact only.
Contact was not detrimental to the child's welfare.
The judge afforded excessive weight to short-term or transient problems.
The judge failed to take the necessary steps which could reasonable be expected to promote contact.
Any of the failings listed above apply to the judgment or to case management.

3) Parental alienation, meaning the unreasonable influencing of children's wishes, is not recognised by the court as a potential factor in family law disputes.

True
False

4) One option available to the court, where a child is so alienated they refuse to see a parent, is to place the child in temporary foster care to remove them from the alienating parent's influence. Is this...

True
False

5) If an order for contact has been made and broken, the parent wishing to apply for enforcement needs to complete which application form?

The C100 Form
The C1 Form
The C79 Form

6) The court can appoint a Guardian-ad-Litem for a child to represent the child's interests where...

There is an intractable dispute over residence or contact.
The views and wishes of the child cannot be adequately met by a report to the court.
An older child is opposing a proposed course of action.
There are complex medical or mental health issues to be determined or there are other unusually complex issues that necessitate separate representation of the child.
The child has a standpoint or interest which is inconsistent with or incapable of being represented by any of the adult parties.
In any of the above circumstances.

8) In cases involving an alienated child, it is essential that the court has the benefit of professional evidence from an expert who has personal experience of working with alienated children. Is this...

True
False

9) Section 1(3) of the Children Act 1989 (the Welfare Checklist) includes the requirement that the court must consider a child's...

expressed wishes and feelings.
ascertainable wishes and feelings.

10) How quickly should enforcement hearings be listed, following an application for enforcement having been made?

Within 7 days.
Within 20 days.
Within 2 months.