How Much Do You Know About Family Law? Quiz!

You are involved in a family court case. You’re thinking of posting details of the case on your social media to hopefully gain information from certain individuals. This is...
- Frowned upon by society but not criminalised
- Classified as contempt of court unless you have the court’s specific permission to to do so
- Completely fine as the law has been reformed to allow this
- For as long as your social media is privatised it is fine to do so

The court will only consider making an order for shared living arrangements if the child spends half of their time with each parent. True or False?
- True
- False

With regards to child arrangements orders, how long do they normally last?
- Until the child turns 16
- Until the child turns 18
- Until the child decides they want to move out
- Until the child turns 16, unless exceptional circumstances exist

Shared living arrangements cannot be made if one parent is hostile to the idea. True or False?
- True
- False

Under which of the following circumstances would a child arrangements order automatically end?
- Only if an application was made to discharge the order
- Once the parents have been living together for 12 months
- The parents get back together
- Once the parents have been living together for six months

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 or False?
- True
- False

When making orders in respect of children, one factor which the court should consider are the children's expressed wishes, not their ascertainable wishes. True or False?
- True
- False

Which of the following items of evidence should not be included in the court bundle unless specifically directed by the court?
- Records of contact visits
- Police disclosures
- Medical records
- All of the above

Applications for non-molestation orders and/or occupation orders (injunctive orders made in relation to domestic violence) are heard under Part III of the Family Law Act 1996. Yes or No?
- Yes
- No

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 hearings of more than half an 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
- For all hearings barring telephone hearings
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