Family
Oct. 16, 2014
Navigating a minor's testimony in child custody cases
Every family law practitioner knows and dreads the day a child testifies in court. Parents constantly want the attorney to try to get the child's statements into evidence. However, this presents many problems. By Levon Kevorkian
Every family law practitioner knows and maybe dreads the day that the child testifies in court. All attorneys have heard from the parents that the child does not want to see the other parent anymore. Parents constantly want the attorney to try to get the child's statements into evidence. However, this presents many problems. Let alone the hearsay objections, how are we supposed to validate the credibility of the statements without corrobora...
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