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Finding the balance: Ethical challenges and best practices for lawyers representing parents when the interests of children are at stake.

Howe, William J.
June 4, 2015

Source: (2008) Family Court Review. 46(1): 78-90.

This article explores ethical and practical issues facing attorneys in representing parents in a contested
custody matter. The article traces the history of the way this matter has been handled historically and presents the latest
thinking reflected by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in their most recent publication of ethical guide. (Author’s Abstract)

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