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Other ways of getting the child's views before the court include the child writing a letter to the judge, having an independent lawyer prepare an affidavit for the child, or asking the judge to interview the child in his or her office.
A note of caution about giving a letter from your child to the judge, though: judges are often very concerned about having children involved directly in the court proceedings. The judge might also think you pressured your child into writing the letter. If It is far better to get an evaluative or a teenage non-evaluative report if your child wishes to express views to the judge, the best option is probably through wants a views of voice in the child report, and the second best is by to have that teenager see a separate lawyer and swear an affidavit to express his or her viewscourt proceedings.
==Evaluative reports==