In this FLPA Twilight seminar, we bring together three very experienced practitioners with different professional backgrounds (Mary-Ann Huth, Independent Children’s Lawyer, Rebecca Foley, FDRP and Child Consultant with a background in Child Safety, and Dr Megan Morris, FDRP and psychologist with extensive experience as a family report writer) to address common questions for ICLs and practitioners representing parents, including:

• what clients should expect when the ICL meets with children;
• what clients should be told to tell children before interviews or meeting with the ICL;
• what may happen if allegations of abuse or violence arise;
• parents influencing children before interviews or meeting with the ICL;
• considerations for interviews and meetings (environment, types of questions, limits of confidentiality, tools such as the 3 houses model, children with disabilities);
• the differing purposes of interviews with Child Safety, interviews with the report writer and meetings with the ICL;
• when will it be appropriate that there be no interview or meeting with the ICL.