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Section 37(2)(b) of the ''[http://canlii.ca/t/52cd2 Family Law Act]'' requires the court to consider the views of the child. Section 202 allows the court to decide ''how'' the child’s views are heard and presented. | Section 37(2)(b) of the ''[http://canlii.ca/t/52cd2 Family Law Act]'' requires the court to consider the views of the child. Section 202 allows the court to decide ''how'' the child’s views are heard and presented. | ||
The child's views can be presented to the court in a number of ways, including through the parties' evidence, letters the child might write to the court, interviews with the judge or a lawyer appointed to represent the child. There are plenty of advantages and disadvantages to each. Views of the child reports are a good alternative. Views of the child reports give children an opportunity to express their views to a neutral person who will listen to them and prepare a written report for their parents and the court. | The child's views can be presented to the court in a number of ways, including through the parties' evidence, letters the child might write to the court, or interviews with either the judge or a lawyer appointed to represent the child. There are plenty of advantages and disadvantages to each. Views of the child reports are a good alternative. Views of the child reports give children an opportunity to express their views to a neutral person who will listen to them and prepare a written report for their parents and the court. | ||
These reports are prepared by trained, neutral professionals: usually a mental health professional, lawyer, mediator, or someone else with special training. The professional will interview the child, sometimes more than once, and then write a report summarizing what the child has said, using the child's own words as much as possible. These reports are different than other reports because all they talk about is what the child has said, and they don't provide the professional's assessment of the child's best interests, or even an opinion about what the child has said. They simply repeat the child's statements to the professional. | These reports are prepared by trained, neutral professionals: usually a mental health professional, lawyer, mediator, or someone else with special training. The professional will interview the child, sometimes more than once, and then write a report summarizing what the child has said, using the child's own words as much as possible. These reports are different than other reports because all they talk about is what the child has said, and they don't provide the professional's assessment of the child's best interests, or even an opinion about what the child has said. They simply repeat the child's statements to the professional. | ||