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Facilitating Children’s Engagement in Complex Custody Cases Involving Domestic Violence through Client-Directed Representation

Stef Sloan and Suzanne Chester

Concerns about domestic violence and coercive control are frequent in “high conflict” custody cases. Social science research has established the detrimental short-and- long term impacts on children. Dr. Stef Sloan and Suzanne Chester, Esq., explore how client-directed representation facilitates, in a developmentally appropriate way, children’s engagement in decisions about their care and custody, centering the child’s experience and perspective.

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