Family Law - Chapter 3 - Support #1 Quiz
Read pages 138 through 153 of Chapter 3 - Support in your textbook and answer the following questions.

1. What are the 3 kinds of support and define each, and give the code sections where you can find each in the Family Law code

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2. Who is the obligor and obligee under FC 3550?

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3. What is the level of support required for children?

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4. May children between the ages of 18 and 19 receive child support, under what circumstances and what code section of the FC?

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5. Do adult children have to support their aging parents? If so, under what conditions, and what code section of the FC?

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6. Suppose husband is ordered to pay child support, and the wife provides her own voluntary support, can the husband seek reimbursement for moneys that he has paid for the same support of the children?

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7. If wife is ordered to pay child support, but does not, can the court pursue an order against the husband to support the children? what code section?

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8. Suppose a child is living with a grandmother, and she provides food and housing for the child, can the grandmother recover these moneys? for what value? what about a landlord, or other person, not connected to the family who provides such services, can they recover too? if so how much?

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9. Is a step-parent responsible for the "necessaries of life" for a step-child (if not actually adopted)? under what circumstances, if at all.

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10. What kind of jurisdiction does the court have to have to enforce child support orders? how do they establish this jurisdiction.

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11. Can the court award child support, to an "unborn child" - if so, what code section? and why?

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12. What the the 2 ways you can get a child support award?

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13. If the child is 21 years old, can the court order child support, and if so based upon what circumstances?

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14. What are the 5 conditions upon which a court can approve an agreement between the parties for child support? what FC code section?

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15. If a minor child is taken out of the home by the juvenile dependency court, what amount of child support is ordinarily awarded?

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16. Which department of the state is in charge of collecting child support, and must the child be receiving public assistance?

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17. What is the Agnos Child Support Standards Act. and where is it found - in which Code?

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18. What principles do the courts adhere to in awarding child support under FC 4053.?

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19. What is the algebraic formula for calculating child support found in FC 4055?

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20. Explain how the court allocates child support amongst 4 children.

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