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The Representation of Children’s Views in Finnish Court Decisions Regarding Care Orders

In: The International Journal of Children's Rights
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Tarja Pösö Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland, tarja.poso@uta.fi

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Rosi Enroos Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland, rosi.enroos@uta.fi

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The article examines the representation of children’s views in Finnish court decisions regarding care orders. It explores how written court decisions recognise, address and use children’s views in care order decisions and compares the results with a similar study conducted in Norway. In the literature, both countries are portrayed as having a child-orientated child welfare system. Based on the analysis of 36 court decisions in Finland, it is argued that children’s views are narrowly represented and used in written court decisions of care orders. Three models emerged: the direct and indirect representation of children’s views and the absence of children’s views. The first model is strongly related to the child’s age.

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