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Question Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Child Custody | ESSAY Hard

Child lived in State A with both parents from birth until age seven. After Parent 1 alleged that Parent 2 had shoved...

...out whether State A remains the proper forum. Discuss which state has jurisdiction to make an initial custody determination, what temporary orders State B may enter, and what steps the courts should take under the UCCJEA...

Citations: Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act sections 201, 204, 208, NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law

Question Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Child Custody | ESSAY Medium

A State G court entered a custody order giving Parent 1 primary physical custody and Parent 2 four weeks of summer pa...

...rce the State G order and may not modify it because State G still has jurisdiction and Parent 1 still lives there. Discuss what State H should do. Address registration, expedited enforcement, contempt or make-up parentin...

Citations: Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act articles 2 and 3, Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act, 28 U.S.C. 1738A, NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law

Question Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Grounds and Jurisdiction | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Medium

A divorce statute permits divorce for willful desertion lasting at least one year. Spouses mutually agreed to live ap...

A divorce statute permits divorce for willful desertion lasting at least one year. Spouses mutually agreed to live apart for two months while attending counseling. One spouse then filed for divorce alleging desertion. Wh...

Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws section 74

Question Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Grounds and Jurisdiction | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Easy

State J permits divorce on a finding that the marriage is irretrievably broken. One spouse files after satisfying all...

...rriage is irretrievably broken. One spouse files after satisfying all jurisdictional requirements and proves that the parties have not lived together for a year and have no realistic prospect of reconciliation. The other...

Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 305

Question Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Grounds and Jurisdiction | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Medium

State K requires the filing spouse to reside in State K for 180 days before filing for divorce. A spouse moves to Sta...

State K requires the filing spouse to reside in State K for 180 days before filing for divorce. A spouse moves to State K intending to stay and files for divorce after 45 days. The other spouse is properly served and app...

Citations: Sosna v. Iowa, 419 U.S. 393 (1975), NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law

Question Constitutional Law | Judicial Review and Justiciability | ESSAY Hard

Congress asked the Supreme Court to issue a formal opinion advising whether a proposed bill would be constitutional b...

...eme Court state-court review, adequate independent state grounds, and jurisdiction stripping. U.S. Const. art. III, Marbury v. Madison, Muskrat v. United States, Michigan v. Long, Ex parte McCardle, United States v. Klei

Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, Marbury v. Madison, Muskrat v. United States, Michigan v. Long, Ex parte McCardle, United States v. Klein