Chapter 30 Activity Basic Concepts PDF

Name __________________________ Date ______________ Class _____________________________ Chapter 30 Activity Basic Concepts Directions: Determine whether each statement is true or false. Write T for True or F for False next to each of the statements. For every statement that is fa...

Name __________________________ Date ______________ Class _____________________________ Chapter 30 Activity Basic Concepts Directions: Determine whether each statement is true or false. Write T for True or F for False next to each of the statements. For every statement that is false, explain why it is false. 1. A man who gets a woman pregnant can be required to marry her. 2. The most accurate way to determine paternity is through a blood test. 3. A teenager who fathers a baby is not required to provide child support. 4. Both parents do not have to pay the same amount of money for child support but each according to his or her ability to pay. 5. Traditionally a parent’s legal obligation to provide financially for a child ended when the child reached 18 years of age. 6. Individuals are automatically emancipated when they reach the age of majority. 7. Courts may order the emancipation of a child because the child has been abused. 8. In states that have family responsibility laws, adult children are required to care for their elderly parents. 9. Parents may be held liable when their children are truant. 10. Public school students with disabilities have a right to an evaluation and appropriate individual education plan along with needed services at no expense to the child or family. 11. Parents with a college education who divorce are legally required to pay college tuition for their children. 12. Sixteen-year-old Jeremy was tackled while playing football. Doctors diagnosed a Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. head injury that required immediate surgery or Jeremy would die. Jeremy’s parents were not reachable. The doctors will have to wait to get their permission before operating. 13. Parents have no legal right to determine what religion their minor children will practice. 14. Status offenses are acts that are illegal for minors but not illegal for adults. 15. The family car doctrine places liability on parents for damages caused by any driver in the family. 94 UNIT 5 Family Law  Name __________________________ Date ______________ Class _____________________________ Chapter 30 Activity Basic Concepts (continued) 16. State laws make parents legally responsible for harm caused by their children, up to a certain dollar amount. 17. Minor children are entitled to keep the money they earn from jobs. 18. Child neglect is inflicting or threatening to inflict intentional harm on a child. 19. Child neglect occurs more often than child abuse. 20. Abuse and neglect of children have effects that go far beyond the immediate physical injuries inflicted. 21. Individuals who mistakenly make a report in good faith to child protective services about the abuse or neglect of a child cannot be sued for money damages. 22. In every state, anyone who suspects child abuse or neglect is legally required to report it to child protective services. 23. The Internet has provided child sexual abusers with another forum for preying on juveniles. 24. Parents may file civil lawsuits against child abusers and their employers. 25. In some cases, victims of child abuse may be allowed to testify in court through closed-circuit television or by videotaped questioning in order to avoid the trauma of facing their attackers. Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. UNIT 5 Family Law 95