Vermont Bar Journal, Vol. 40, No. 2 Winter 2015, Vol. 40, No. 4 | Page 29

by Eugene Levine, Esq. THE CHILDREN’S CORNER Many Are Strong at the Broken Places1 I. If juvenile practice in Vermont once seemed more like social work than law, the 2008 overhaul of its legal framework put an end to the idea. The rewritten law increased the formality of juvenile proceedings, inserted attorneys into every phase of the proceedings from first appearances to final resolution, and provided for assertive legal representation of parents and children at all stages of the cases. These were intended results, but for some participants it signaled pointless interference with the operation of their protecti ٔ