guardian ad litem

• Group Seeks Oversight, Changes to Maine's Guardian Ad Litem Program

BANGOR, Maine -- A group seeking reform of the guardian ad litem program in the Maine court system on Tuesday sent a 17-page report outlining problems from the perspective of consumers to Chief Justice Leigh I. Saufley. A copy of the report, titled "The Bad Sport Report on GAL Reform" also was emailed to the Bangor Daily News. Paul D. Collins of Rockland, who claimed affiliation with a group called Maine Guardian ad litem Alert, along with others, authored the report.

• Bangor Daily News
• May 17, 2012

• Eastern District Court of Appeals: Guardian Ad Litem Oversteps Authority

The state's Eastern District Court of Appeals ruled Dec. 26 that divorcing parents are not responsible for attorney's fees for a guardian ad litem's work in the appeals phase of their dissolution. Attorney Christine Miller Hendrix had asked the trial court to award her fees for work on an appeal in the divorce case of Karen M. Brown and Anthony T. Brown. That court, St. Charles County Circuit Court, agreed and assessed the parents the fee. The appeals court, though, ruled that the attorney was overstepping her authority by filing the brief in the first place.

• Missouri Lawyers Media
• January 07, 2013

• Critics Urge Reforms to Maine's Guardian Ad Litem Program

PORTLAND, Maine -- People seeking reforms to the guardian ad litem program in the state court system expressed their concerns Thursday in a meeting with Leigh Saufley, chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Many of the 50 or so people who attended the meeting had experience with the program during their divorce proceedings. Others at the event, which was structured like a hearing before a legislative committee, were lawyers who work as guardians ad litem.

• Bangor Daily News
• June 01, 2012

• 25 CFR 11.904 - Guardian ad litem.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 25: Indians

• C.N., Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem of J.N., a Minor; L.M., Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem of V.M., a Minor; M.E., Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem of J.E., a Minor, Appellants v. Ridgewood Board of Education; Frederick J. Stokley; Joyce Snider; Ronald Verdicchio; Robert Weakley; John Mucciolo; Anthony Bencivenga; Sheila Brogan., 430 F.3d 159 (3rd Cir. 2005)

David B. Rubin (Argued), Metuchen, NJ, for Appellees. Andrew L. Schlafly, New York, NY, for Amicus-Appellant, Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense F...

• Federal Circuits

• In re A.D., (Ohio 2011)

Permanent custody; substance abuse; reactive attachment disorder; guardian ad litem; attorney; dual role; repeatedly and consistently; child's wishes; report of guardian ad litem.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Courts Review Missouri's Guardian Ad Litem Standards

How can courts ensure that guardians ad litem are paid enough to attract qualified people? What exactly are the duties of a guardian ad litem? What's an acceptable caseload? These are just a few of the questions a Missouri Supreme Court committee is tackling as it reviews the state's standards for those appointed to represent children's interests in family and juvenile court matters.

• Missouri Lawyers Media
• September 14, 2009

• Guardian Ad Litem

A guardian appointed by the court to represent the interests of INFANTS...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• Fri–Jam

• Sylvia Scott, as Guardian Ad Litem for Minors, Detrick Standmore, Kayla Hunter, Michaela Reyes & Ronald Rucker; Rene Amy, as Guardian Ad Litem for Minors Camdem Rene Amy & Mariss Laraine Amy; George Francis Macpherson, as Guardian Ad Litem for Minor, George Gordon Macpherson; Silvia Jimenez Macpherson, as Guardian Ad Litem for Minor George Gordon Macpherson; Romeo Alva, as Guardian Ad Litem for Minor, Jocelyne Alva, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. Pasadena Unified School District; George Van Alstine; George Padilla; Jacqueline Jacobs; Bonnie Armstrong; Lisa Fowler; Vera Vignes, in Their Individual and Official Capacities, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees., 306 F.3d 646 (9th Cir. 2002)

Patricia A. Brannan, Washington, DC, for the appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court Central District of California; Dickran Tevrizia...

• Federal Circuits

• Marilyn Price, Guardian Ad Litem for Lohren Price, Cheryl Cramer, Guardian Ad Litem for Daniel Mason, and Nicole Cramer, Guardian Ad Litem for Nicholas Cramer, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Albert Kramer, Stephen D'Anjou, Joseph Deladurantey, and City of Torrance, Defendants-Appellants., 200 F.3d 1237 (9th Cir. 2000)

COUNSEL: Robert D. Acciani, Senior Deputy City Attorney, Torrance, California, Martha A. Shen, Ginsburg, Stephan, Oringher & Richmond, PC, Los Angeles...

• Federal Circuits