Rotterdam Trial with 'Child Advocates' Generates Interest: 'Children's Voices Are Heard Better'

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A new method employed by the Rotterdam court, in which a child who has lost contact with one or both parents is assigned a "child advocate," has attracted the interest of other courts across the country. Rotterdam Judge Eelco Moerman, who is very enthusiastic about the method, says: "We've noticed that children are heard much sooner and more clearly this way." Under the method, which has been in effect at the court since the beginning of this ye…