FORM 5.17 SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION OF CHILD

1.When your parents were still living together, what types of activities would you all do together?

2.Did you like to do these activities with your family?

3.How did you get along with the members of your family when you were all together?

4.What types of activities did you like to do just with your Mother?

5.How did you get along with your Mother when you were alone together?

6.What would you do just with your Father?

7.Did you like doing those things with your Father?

8.How did you get along with your Father when you were alone together?

9.What types of activities did you like to do with your Mother and your sister?

10.How did you get along with your Mother and sister when it was just the three of you?

11.What types of activities would you do together with your Father and your sister?

12.Did you like doing these activities?

13.How did you get along with your Father and sister when it was just the three of you?

14.What about now, when you are at your Mother's place, what do you do?

15.When you are at your Mother's place, how much of the time is she there with you?

16.When you are alone with your Mother now, how do you get along with her?

17.What do you and your Mother do together?

18.Do you love your Mother?

19.When you are at your Father's house, what do you do?

20.Do you ever go to the movies with him?

21 What movies have you seen with him recently?

22.How much of the time is your Father there with you?

23.When you are alone with your Father now, how do you get along with him?

24.What do you and your Father do together?

25.Do you love your Father?

26.When you are at your Mother's place, how much of the time is your sister there with you?

27.What types of activities do you do now with your Mother and sister?

28.How do you get along with your Mother and your sister when it is just the three of you now?

29.When you are at your Father's place, how much of the time is your sister there with you?

30.What types of activities do you do now with your Father and sister?

31.How do you get along with your Father and your sister when it is just the three of you now?

32.What complaints do you have about your Mother?

33.Has your Mother ever offered to go to counseling with you to work on these complaints?

34.What complaints do you have about your Father?

35.Has your Father ever offered to go to counseling with you to work on these complaints?

36.What is good about your Mother?

37.What is good about your Father?

38.How is your Mother different now compared to when she and your Father were together?

39.How is your relationship with your Mother different now compared to when she and your Father

were together?

40.How is your Father different now compared to when he and your Mother were together?

41.How is your relationship with your Father different now compared to when he and your Mother were together?

42.When your parents were still together, how did you get along with your Uncle ____________? (and cousins)

43.When was the last time you saw your Uncle ____________

44.How do you get along with him now?

45.When your parents were still together, how did you get along with your Aunt __________________? (and cousins)

46.When was the last time you saw your Aunt__________________

47.How do you get along with her now?

48.When your parents were still together, how did you get along with your grandparents – your Mother's parents?

49.When was the last time you saw your grandparents?

50.How do you get along with them now?

51.What about your Father's family - when was the last time you saw your Father's parents?

52.How often do you see your Father's parents?

53.How much time do you spend at your grandparents' house (Father's parents)?

54.What kinds of things do you do with your grandparents (Father's parents) when you are with them?

55.Do your grandparents (Father's parents) talk to you about your Father and Mother's divorce?

56.Do they talk to you about who you should live with?

57.When you are with your Father, does he talk to you about the divorce?

58.Does your Father talk to you about who you should live with?

59.When you are with your Father, does he talk about your Mother?

60.What does he say about your Mother?

61.Does your Father talk with you about your relationship with your Mother?

62.What does he say you should do?

63.Does your Father talk with you about the time you spend with your Mother?

64.What does he tell you to do?

65.Does your Father tell you to call your Mother and talk with her when you are at his house?

66.Has your Father ever told you that you did not have to go to your Mother's house?

67.When was that?

68.What reason did he give for you not to go to your Mother's house?

69.Did he ever say that his lawyer told him you did not have to go to your Mother's house and that your could do what you want? (or words to that effect)

70.Did you ever talk with (opposing counsel) about having to go to your Mother's house?

71.Did (opposing counsel) ever tell you that you did not have to go to your Mother's house or that you could do want you want? (or words to that effect)

72.Did your grandparents ever tell you that you did not have to go to your Mother's house?

73.If yes, what reason did they give so that you did not have to go to your Mother's house?

74.When you do go to your Mother's house, what kinds of things do you talk with her about?

75.When you are at your Mother's house, what types of things do you argue about?

76.Have you ever told your Mother that she had to buy you something because your Father said she had to?

77.Did you ever call your Father to come and pick you up early from your Mother's house?

78.Did he come to get you?

79.What was happening at your Mother's house that you needed to call your Father?

80.Have you ever had friends over to your Mother's house?

81.If no, would you want to have friends over to your Mother's house?

82.If yes, what did you do with that friend?

83.What is your Mother's house like?

84.What is your room like at your Mother's house?

85.Why do you not keep any of your personal belongings at your Mother's house?

86.Why have you not decorated your room at your Mother's house?

87.What do you think it would take to improve your relationship with your Mother?

88.Would you be willing to do that?

89.What would it take for you to want to spend more time at your Mother's house?