Add to ORKGFamily court judges are often asked to make inferences about - or directly interview children to ascertain - children\u27s custody preferences and their maturity to express such preferences. These estimates of children\u27s developmental maturity are important to the judges\u27 considerations of children\u27s best interests in custody cases. The research literature describing family court judges\u27 background, education, training, and knowledge about child development is scant. With appropriate child development knowledge, judges should be better able to identify the developmental stages at which children have the cognitive and social capabilities to communicate directly their placement wishes or concerns. The current study is the fir...
Children have the right to access the justice, to participate in the court proceedings, their vie...
This article discusses the findings of research with members of the Scottish judiciary which explore...
Part I of this Article examines the trend toward recognizing children's custody preferences. It desc...
Family court judges are often asked to make inferences about - or directly interview children to asc...
trial courts, accounting for a full one-third of all court filings (Newbauer, 1997). These cases inc...
Children are involved in the legal system in numerous ways, most often in the child welfare system a...
Legal and societal standards for determining child custody have changed over the past century. Origi...
Historically, courts usually paid little attention to the child\u27s wishes in deciding which parent...
It is important for judges to appreciate that when they interview children in their chambers they ar...
In order to protect children from abuse, child protection professionals may need to engage in legal ...
Many children in the UK are subjects of family proceedings. For example 136,332 children were involv...
The authors provide a brief historical review of judicial trends in child custody placement. In cont...
The basis of family law is the child’s interest. This is related to the right to be listened to, but...
Historically, children\u27s voices were conspicuously absent from custody decisions. In recent years...
Across countries and jurisdictions, allowing children to voice their preferences in family disputes ...
Children have the right to access the justice, to participate in the court proceedings, their vie...
This article discusses the findings of research with members of the Scottish judiciary which explore...
Part I of this Article examines the trend toward recognizing children's custody preferences. It desc...
Family court judges are often asked to make inferences about - or directly interview children to asc...
trial courts, accounting for a full one-third of all court filings (Newbauer, 1997). These cases inc...
Children are involved in the legal system in numerous ways, most often in the child welfare system a...
Legal and societal standards for determining child custody have changed over the past century. Origi...
Historically, courts usually paid little attention to the child\u27s wishes in deciding which parent...
It is important for judges to appreciate that when they interview children in their chambers they ar...
In order to protect children from abuse, child protection professionals may need to engage in legal ...
Many children in the UK are subjects of family proceedings. For example 136,332 children were involv...
The authors provide a brief historical review of judicial trends in child custody placement. In cont...
The basis of family law is the child’s interest. This is related to the right to be listened to, but...
Historically, children\u27s voices were conspicuously absent from custody decisions. In recent years...
Across countries and jurisdictions, allowing children to voice their preferences in family disputes ...
Children have the right to access the justice, to participate in the court proceedings, their vie...
This article discusses the findings of research with members of the Scottish judiciary which explore...
Part I of this Article examines the trend toward recognizing children's custody preferences. It desc...