CERAP REVIEW EXAMS ALL SET QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) - ✔✔a volunteer attorney appointed by the court in a case
that involves the interest of a child
✔✔private attorney - ✔✔any attorney who is neither an assistant Attorney General on
the Attorney General's staff nor an employee of another state agency
✔✔DCFS - ✔✔the division of children and family services within children's
administration
✔✔how are guardian ad litem (GAL) assigned? - ✔✔Some judges assign a GAL to
nearly every case; others only do so at the request of one of the parties to the case
✔✔court wants to know about (shelter care) - ✔✔probable cause, urgent and immediate
necessity, and safety of the children
✔✔you need to (shelter care) - ✔✔take notes about conditions of shelter care hearing,
reach out to parents, get important court orders, know what the judge will want from you
at the next court date
, ✔✔parent- child visiting plans - ✔✔should be filled within 10 days, excluding weekends,
and holidays after the appointment of temporary custody
✔✔first initial service plan - ✔✔should be filed with the court within 45 days of the
minors placement
✔✔court reports - ✔✔should be filed 14 days prior to the dispositional and permanency
review hearing
✔✔trial/adjunction (adj) court will - ✔✔determine if the child are abused/neglected
(higher standard of proof)
✔✔trial/adjunction (adj) you may need to - ✔✔testify about diligent searches for missing
parents, provide any facts about abuse/neglect of which you have personal knowledge
✔✔disposition (dispo) judge will decide - ✔✔unfit, unwilling, or unable, custody
✔✔disposition (dispo) you may need to - ✔✔have a recommendation for custody and
any change to visitation, testify to services for the family, testify about the safety of the
children
✔✔permanency review hearing (PRH) judge will - ✔✔evaluate parents' progress in
services, decide if the child's placement life is safe and appropriate, decide if
reasonable efforts have been made, select goal for each child
✔✔permanency review hearing (PRH) goals - ✔✔tender your court report 4 days in
advance, service plan 14 days in advance of PRH, decisions are staffed with your
supervisor PRIOR to court, they do not change with supervisory approval
✔✔permanency review hearing (PRH) you need to testify about - ✔✔children, safety,
placement, special needs, progress on services already in place, education (IEP,
grades, behavior), services that are needed, permanency
✔✔permanency review hearing (PRH) you need to testify about 2 - ✔✔parents,
progress on services, future services that are needed, visitation, diligent services if
applicable, status of any related court cases, status of incarcerated patients
✔✔termination of parental rights (TPR) judge will decide - ✔✔unfitness, best interests
✔✔termination of parental rights (TPR) you will testify to - ✔✔most of the facts that have
led up to TPR, the status of the children in placement
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) - ✔✔a volunteer attorney appointed by the court in a case
that involves the interest of a child
✔✔private attorney - ✔✔any attorney who is neither an assistant Attorney General on
the Attorney General's staff nor an employee of another state agency
✔✔DCFS - ✔✔the division of children and family services within children's
administration
✔✔how are guardian ad litem (GAL) assigned? - ✔✔Some judges assign a GAL to
nearly every case; others only do so at the request of one of the parties to the case
✔✔court wants to know about (shelter care) - ✔✔probable cause, urgent and immediate
necessity, and safety of the children
✔✔you need to (shelter care) - ✔✔take notes about conditions of shelter care hearing,
reach out to parents, get important court orders, know what the judge will want from you
at the next court date
, ✔✔parent- child visiting plans - ✔✔should be filled within 10 days, excluding weekends,
and holidays after the appointment of temporary custody
✔✔first initial service plan - ✔✔should be filed with the court within 45 days of the
minors placement
✔✔court reports - ✔✔should be filed 14 days prior to the dispositional and permanency
review hearing
✔✔trial/adjunction (adj) court will - ✔✔determine if the child are abused/neglected
(higher standard of proof)
✔✔trial/adjunction (adj) you may need to - ✔✔testify about diligent searches for missing
parents, provide any facts about abuse/neglect of which you have personal knowledge
✔✔disposition (dispo) judge will decide - ✔✔unfit, unwilling, or unable, custody
✔✔disposition (dispo) you may need to - ✔✔have a recommendation for custody and
any change to visitation, testify to services for the family, testify about the safety of the
children
✔✔permanency review hearing (PRH) judge will - ✔✔evaluate parents' progress in
services, decide if the child's placement life is safe and appropriate, decide if
reasonable efforts have been made, select goal for each child
✔✔permanency review hearing (PRH) goals - ✔✔tender your court report 4 days in
advance, service plan 14 days in advance of PRH, decisions are staffed with your
supervisor PRIOR to court, they do not change with supervisory approval
✔✔permanency review hearing (PRH) you need to testify about - ✔✔children, safety,
placement, special needs, progress on services already in place, education (IEP,
grades, behavior), services that are needed, permanency
✔✔permanency review hearing (PRH) you need to testify about 2 - ✔✔parents,
progress on services, future services that are needed, visitation, diligent services if
applicable, status of any related court cases, status of incarcerated patients
✔✔termination of parental rights (TPR) judge will decide - ✔✔unfitness, best interests
✔✔termination of parental rights (TPR) you will testify to - ✔✔most of the facts that have
led up to TPR, the status of the children in placement
