The U.S. Experience in Drafting Guidelines for Judicial Interviews of Children and Its Translation to Hague Abduction Convention Return Proceedings Globally

Melissa Ann Kucinski ()
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Melissa Ann Kucinski: MK Family Law, PLLC, 1717 K Street, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20006, USA

Laws, 2023, vol. 12, issue 3, 1-12

Abstract: This article will focus on judicial interviews of children, in chambers, including in Hague Abduction Convention cases; the potential promise and pitfalls of conducting such interviews; and how the U.S. experience provides an excellent template for future discussions and work on creating a soft law instrument on this important information-gathering tool.

Keywords: interview; testimony; maturity; evidence; objection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 E61 E62 F13 F42 F68 K0 K1 K2 K3 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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