Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Property Division and Support | ESSAY
Hard
...hout salary in the business for five years, then stayed home with the children. The business tripled in value. Fiancee has modest earning capacity and asks the court to divide marital property and award maintenance. Fian...
Citations: Uniform Premarital Agreement Act sections 2, 6, Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act sections 9, 10, NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Adoption and Parental Rights | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
...with the ability to pay support and communicate has no contact with a child and pays no support for three years, despite knowing where the child lives. A stepparent seeks adoption without that parent's consent. Which sta...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Child Support | ESSAY
Hard
Parent 1 and Parent 2 are divorcing and have one 10-year-old child. For the past six years, Parent 2 earned $145,000 per year as a hospital administrator. Three months before the support hearing, Parent 2 resigned and op...
Citations: State child-support guideline principles, Uniform family-law principles
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Child Support | ESSAY
Hard
Mother was married to Spouse when Child was born. Spouse was listed on the birth certificate, lived with Child for four years, claimed Child as a dependent, and told relatives that Child was Spouse's child. During a sepa...
Citations: Uniform Parentage Act principles, State child-support principles
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Adoption and Parental Rights | ESSAY
Hard
...ther's medical bills, and told both families he intended to raise the child. Before the birth, Mother moved without telling Father and placed the baby for adoption with Adoptive Parents. Father did not know the state had...
Citations: Lehr v. Robertson, 463 U.S. 248 (1983), Stanley v. Illinois, 405 U.S. 645 (1972), NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Adoption and Parental Rights | ESSAY
Hard
Child was removed from Parent's care after Parent left Child unattended overnight and Child was found wandering outside. The court adjudicated Child neglected and ordered a reunification plan requiring Parent to complete...
Citations: Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745 (1982), NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Child Custody | ESSAY
Medium
...nt legal custody and primary physical custody of their eight-year-old child. Parent A has handled school communication, medical appointments, and daily homework for the past four years. Parent B coaches Child's soccer te...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 402
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Property Division and Support | ESSAY
Hard
...le Spouse B left the workforce for ten years to care for the couple's children and manage the household. The business is now worth $600,000. Spouse B seeks an equitable share of the brokerage account, the home, and the b...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act sections 307, 308
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Child Custody | ESSAY
Medium
...stody and Parent 2 four weeks of summer parenting time. Parent 2 took Child to State H for the summer visit but refused to return Child at the end of the four weeks, claiming that Child preferred State H and that Parent...
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 | Property Division and Support | ESSAY
Hard
...rcement of divorce financial orders. NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act sections 316, 319
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act sections 316, 319
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Property Rights | ESSAY
Hard
...share in the other's estate, and that neither spouse would ever seek child support for any future child. Ten years later, Investor died. Investor's will left most assets to Investor's adult child from a prior relationsh...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Premarital Agreement Act section 6, Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act sections 9, 10
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Adoption and Parental Rights | ESSAY
Hard
Mother and Father divorced when Child was two. The decree gave Mother sole legal and physical custody and gave Father supervised visitation. Father visited twice in the first year, then stopped visiting for three years...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745 (1982), Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000)
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Property Rights | ESSAY
Hard
...,000 of investment accounts into a revocable trust naming Pat's adult children from a prior marriage as beneficiaries. Pat retained the right to revoke the trust and receive all income during life. Pat's will left the pr...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Probate Code sections 2-202, 2-213
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Adoption and Parental Rights | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Easy
Child has lived with foster parents for one year. The foster parents want to become Child's legal parents, but the biological parents' rights have not been terminated and no adoption petition has been granted. Which stat...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Adoption and Parental Rights | ESSAY
Hard
Child is eligible for membership in Tribe and Child's biological father is an enrolled tribal member. Mother placed Child with Prospective Adoptive Parents through a private agency. The agency knew of Father's tribal mem...
Citations: Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. sections 1901-1963, Haaland v. Brackeen, 599 U.S. 255 (2023), NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
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 Parent 1 while Child was nearby and had threatened to take Child's passport, Parent 1 took Child to Sta...
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 Support | ESSAY
Hard
A State A court entered a child-support order requiring Parent to pay $950 per month. At that time, Parent, Other Parent, and Child all lived in State A. Three years later, Other Parent and Child moved to State B. Parent...
Citations: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Child Support | ESSAY
Medium
...ent now has a full-time job and a bank account balance of $4,800. The child received state medical assistance during part of the nonpayment period. The support agency seeks a judgment for arrears, income withholding, int...
Citations: Federal child-support enforcement principles, State contempt and support-enforcement principles
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Child Custody | ESSAY
Hard
Child lived with Parent and Grandmother until Parent entered a 14-month military deployment. During the deployment, Parent signed a temporary guardianship allowing Grandmother to care for Child. Parent sent money monthly...
Citations: Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000), NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Child Support | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
State A entered a child-support order. Years later, the child and both parents have moved away from State A, and no one has consented to State A retaining modification jurisdiction. Which statement best describes modific...
Citations: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Child Custody | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
The parent with primary physical custody seeks to move with Child 900 miles away for a new job. The other parent objects and asks that the current parenting schedule remain in place. How should the court generally analyz...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Child Support | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
...ercive civil-contempt sanction? The question tests contempt limits in child-support enforcement. State contempt principles, Federal due process principles for support enforcement
Citations: State contempt principles, Federal due process principles for support enforcement
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Property Rights | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Easy
A decedent's will leaves all probate property to adult children from a prior marriage and omits the surviving spouse. The spouses had no premarital or marital agreement. Which statement is most accurate? The question tes...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code section 2-202, NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
Question
Supplemental - Not MEE July 2026 | Child Custody | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Easy
Two fit parents both seek primary physical custody of a young child. One parent argues that custody must be awarded based on the parent's gender. What is the modern custody rule? The question tests modern best-interests...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act section 402