9.
Is the child cognitively, socially, and emotionally mature
enough to understand and speak to his or her own best interests?
Weighing out the potential plusses and minuses of a hypothetical reloca-
tion is a sophisticated intellectual task. Making this challenging balanc-
ing act work once the associated emotions of loss and change are thrown
in calls for a great deal of socioemotional maturity. Distilling these
many conflicting factors so as to speak to one’s own needs is certainly
beyond the ability of most children and perhaps many adults, as well.
Chapter 14 discusses this in terms of “mature minor” standards.
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