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Perspective

Jun. 16, 2011

A Child-Centered Response to the Elkins Family Law Task Force

Without children's lawyers, the court is often flying blind. By Amy M. Pellman, Robert N. Jacobs, and Dara K. Reiner


By Amy M. Pellman, Robert N. Jacobs and Dara K. Reiner


LAST IN A THREE PART SERIES: This continues part two, which appeared on Tuesday.


Part two defined child-centered representation, and set forth the reasons why this type of representation best secures substantive justice for children in child custody cases. We identified substantive justice as a parenting plan that serves the child's best interest. Since trial courts have very limited means to o...

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