so in Oregon in family law cases where

children are appointed attorneys there’s

two types of lawyering for children

depending on their age now it’s specific

to the child or the children it’s not a

dead set rule but you know if you’re

representing a younger child you

typically advocate for the best interest

of the child because the child can’t

really formulate a position on something

like who they want to live with how much

time they want to spend with the other

parent or if it’s an older child you act

as an advocacy lawyer which means you’re

essentially a lawyer for the child and

you’re representing their interests so

the difference between representing a

child is that you might be representing

their best interests as opposed to

representing their interests which if

you are representing a parent you would

absolutely be representing their interests