Representing a child who may or may not become a complete adult, a husband who is also a father, or a wife who is also a mother, is not a transaction of the marketplace. The family lawyer is held to a higher standard. His representation is a trusteeship. His mind is bent to fairness. He steadfastly advances the cause of his client while exercising care not to destroy the other participants. He works as a craftsman whose product governs fragile relationships for substantial periods of time. The lawyer's own concerns have no place until the case is completed. A family is at stake, and, projected from there, so is society.

Muller Davis The Illinois Practice of Family Law, 1998-1999 edition