Reechara Ann Noble The courts also listen to the children, especially the older ones, and in some cases the children can each individually get their own advocate, (legal representation) where they feel their parents are unable to help them, this occurs when a child is being ordered by the court to live with a parent they dont want to live with, no one knows all the details in such cases, i can only share info that helps the child be where they prefer, and courts take this info very seriously, as it is the child who lawyer up