LAC 22:XV.1305. Child’s Expressed Preferences

A. The attorney shall represent the child client’s expressed preferences and follow the child client’s direction throughout the course of litigation. In addition, the attorney has a responsibility to counsel the child client and advise the client as to potential outcomes of various courses of action. The attorney shall refrain from substitution of his or her own view or the parents’ wishes for the position of the child client. The use of the word parent hereafter refers to the parent, guardian, custodial adult or person assuming legal responsibility for the juvenile. B. Considerations of personal and professional advantage or convenience should not influence counsel’s advice or performance.