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The Voice of the Child: The Debate Continues

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Date:2 APR 2009

District Judge Paul Carr Watford County Court

'Rule 54. Ascertaining wishes or views of child or young person

If a court is required or considers it necessary or desirable to ascertain the wishes of a child or young person at any hearing of any application the court may-

  • (a) order that any party to the proceedings and the lawyers or other persons representing a party or the child or young person be excluded from the hearing for so long as may be necessary to ascertain those wishes or views; or
  • (b) direct when and where the judge will ascertain those wishes or views.'

 

Did you miss something? Where can you find this legislation? You cannot at least not in this jurisdiction since this is an extract from New Zealand's Family Court Rules 2002. (For further discussion about the involvement of children in the New Zealand family law process see the article by Judge Peter Boshier Principal Family Court Judge of New Zealand 'International Family Justice from a New Zealand Perspective' published at [2008] International Family Law149.) New Zealand is not alone in this...

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