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CHILDREN'S LAWYERS IN CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW COURTS
Author(s) -
Shear Leslie Ellen
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
family court review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1744-1617
pISSN - 1531-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.174-1617.1996.tb00419.x
Subject(s) - culpability , law , object (grammar) , psychology , face (sociological concept) , checklist , representation (politics) , family law , legal ethics , political science , sociology , computer science , social science , artificial intelligence , politics , cognitive psychology
There simply is no dos‐and‐don'ts checklist that will address the myriad issues facing children's attorneys and eliminate the difficult questions that face them. Conscientious lawyering is the key to alleviating potential ethical culpability. This requires the commitment of significant time to learn about the child client and his or her special needs. Unique responses are often required to meet individual problems. Beyond that, attorneys for children are left to determine their own subjective criteria to guide their representation. 1 The child is a person, not an object of concern. 2