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Juvenile

Jul. 21, 2006

From the Mouths of Babes: Deposing Children in Civil Suits

Focus Column - Kids are people, too. They see and hear, though not always like adults. Sometimes, they are witnesses.

Focus Column

By David Gurnick and Sue Bendavid-Arbiv



Kids are people, too. They see and hear, though not always like adults. Sometimes, they are witnesses. Sometimes, they are victims. Sometimes, children are involved in car accidents and have information relevant to who was at fault. Occasionally in a business dispute, a child may have overheard her mom or dad talking about the matter, making key admissions. Testimony of a child coul...

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