Older Teens & Private Children Law Proceedings

Introduction

This webinar will pull together various different topics which affect cases with older teen children who may or may not be part of the litigation but are part of the family make up and often a significant part of the family solution.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Orders which can be made for older teens - what are exceptional circumstances which justify an order for a 16 year old or older?
• Enforcement of such orders; what can be done and what is effective (s 34FLA 1986 orders etc) and practice points on how to set this up for safe return after child arrangements
• Older children seeing the Judge
• Older children giving evidence, the tests and various special measures for them
• When older children should be represented and when not, and how the r 16.4 Guardian rules should really be applied
• An examination of the phenomenon of psychological splitting, and the difference between expressed and ascertainable wishes and feelings
• Supports for older children

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Thursday 15th May 2025

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