What is the role of a child advocate in a custody matter?
Yukon, Canada
The following excerpt is from M.K. (Re), 2014 YKTC 48 (CanLII):
I turn to the position of the child advocate, as stated in Baxter v. Benoit, 2004 YKSC 60, which was a custody proceeding. The role of the child advocate appointed under the Children's Act that was then in force was examined in detail by Veale J.
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