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Advance materials for Dr. Garber's
September, 2010 presentation,
Listening
for the Child's Voice
in Family Law:
Understanding
Without Undermining
The Best Interests Of The Child |
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Sponsored by the
Grafton County Bar
Association
September
24, 2010
12:00-4:00pm
Lebanon District
Courthouse,
38 Centerra
Parkway,
Lebanon, New Hampshire 03766
Directions
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This 3-credit CLE will include
discussion of the following topics:
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1. The impact of co-parental conflict,
separation and divorce in developmental perspective
2. The family law
professional's responsibility to listen for the child's voice.
3. Voice - NOT
choice!
4. The concept of
the "mature minor" in medical decision making and contested custody
5. What factors
corrupt the child's voice? Alienation, parentification and related
dynamics
6. How can the
family law professional understand the child's voice without
undermining his or her best interests?
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$35.00 for Grafton
County Bar Members
$75.00 for non members
(Subtract
$10.00 discount if paid by September 3, 2010.)
Please respond with payment to :
James Laffan.
(treasurer), PO Box 767 Lebanon, NH 03766
Or contact
Ora Schwartzberg
(603) 272-9500 or oralaw@gmail.com
with
questions about the
benefits of joining
The Grafton County Bar Association
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Is this a mature minor? A practical
worksheet
Family law professionals tasked with hearing the child's voice in
contested custody matters are responsible to determine whether a child
qualifies as a "mature minor."
This worksheet establishes observable criteria in each of five areas of
development. Yes, the threshold for "mature" is very high.
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Is this a mature minor? Relevant citations
Dr. Garber's select citations relevant to the mature minor concept.
Read also:
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A.C. v. Manitoba
(2009)
Read this fascinating and current case pitting the best interests of
the child standard against the mature minor's self-determinism.
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Read about the
history of the mature minor concept
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Understanding
without undermining the
child's voice in
the context of
family litigation:
A
worksheet
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IN THE MATTER OF:
RICHARD L. STAPLEFORD AND
CHERYL STAPLEFORD
No.
2006-730
SUPREME
COURT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
156
N.H. 260; 931 A.2d 1199; 2007 N.H. LEXIS 173
Interesting
test of child's voice under "mature minor" provisions
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