- Target:
- Unites States Senate
- Region:
- United States of America
Child Custody cases are emotional and can be traumatic for everyone involved, but especially for the child(ren). This can be exaggerated when the child wants to have a voice in the matter but are not allowed to. Judges can use their discretion on if a child is capable to speak to them without ever meeting them if they are under the age of 14. As a result, the child's voice is robbed, often times being forced to live with a parent they did not want to, all while the court is claiming to make a ruling in the best interest of the child. Every child matures at a different rate. To claim that no child younger than 14 is able to testify on their own custody is close-minded and unfair to our children.
Any child, despite age, who makes it known that they desire to be heard in their own custody case, must be privately interviewed by the Judge residing over said case with a Child Representative present. Only after speaking with the child directly can the Judge use their discretion to use the information gained in the interview to make a fully informed ruling on the custody of that child.
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The Tay's Law petition to Unites States Senate was written by Rebecca Graham and is in the category Law Reform at GoPetition.