This study addresses how the Norwegian County Social Welfare Board weights’ the child’s view when regulating visitation rights between parents and children, when a care order is issued. Based on 86 care orders from 2018 and 2019, comprising a total of 107 children, the thematic analysis in this study suggests that the child’s view effects the decision-making process to a limited extent: While the child’s view is not mentioned or only very briefly mentioned in seven out of ten cases; the remaining cases are divided between considering the child’s view to some extent, and assessing and elaborating the child’s view in the written decisions. The analysis shows no relation between the child’s age, the child’s maturity, and weighting of the child’s view. Overall findings argue that the child’s view is generally not given weight in the written decisions. As the care orders are presented in this study, findings suggest that the Board’s practice may be in contradiction to children’s’ conventional rights, and by this also in contradiction to the Norwegian law.

本研究探讨了挪威县社会福利委员会在监管父母与子女之间的探视权时如何权衡孩子的观点，同时发布了护理令。根据 2018 年和 2019 年的 86 份护理令，共 107 名儿童，本研究中的主题分析表明，儿童的观点在有限程度上影响了决策过程：虽然未提及儿童的观点或只是非常简短地提及在十分之七的情况下被提及；其余案件分为在一定程度上考虑儿童的观点，以及在书面决定中评估和阐述儿童的观点。分析显示孩子的年龄、孩子的成熟度和孩子观点的权重之间没有关系。总体调查结果表明，书面决定中通常不重视儿童的观点。