Article contentVANCOUVER — Sahara Davis’s parents separated a month after she was born, but she was 18 before their divorce proceedings fully concluded. Her parents couldn’t agree on how much child support he should pay, or how frequently he should see Davis, and that meant going to court. courts deny child her own lawyer in 18-year divorce case: 'I just felt totally silenced' Back to videoStarting when she was 10, in 2011, Davis went through three court-ordered custody assessments in four years with different court-appointed expert social workers and psychologists. “We were being looked at in a zoo,” Davis recalls of the last time she and her mother were assessed. After the three assessments, the judge, Justice Trevor Armstrong, agreed to interview Davis; she was 15 years old at the time.

Source: National Post November 20, 2020 12:03 UTC