Client Empowerment Series 1: Legal versus Presumed Parenthood
All too often we, as experts in our field, become so driven to do what we think is right or best that we forget that it is our ethical duty not to simply tell our clients what to do, but rather to educate and present options to them so that they may make those decisions themselves. It is the client who can best make the decision as to the level of legal integration that is right for him or her, and it is the client who is in charge of making that decision. For instance, when