It follows from these explanations that, in legal matters, the criteria involved in assessing the child's ability to form his or her own views are the age of the child and an appraisal of his or her level of maturity.
Il résulte de ces explications que les critères du «discernement» sont, en matière judiciaire, l'âge et l'évaluation du degré de maturité de l'enfant.