In hundreds of custody disputes across Washington each year, judges appoint neutral court investigators to look into how parents’ issues like substance use, domestic violence and mental health could ...
APRIL IS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH AND A SPECIAL PROGRAM IN GREENVILLE COUNTY IS IN HAND, IN NEED OF SOME HELPING HANDS CALLED GUARDIAN AD LITEM, WHICH REPRESENTS CHILDREN WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF ...
These guardians ad litem, also referred to as GALs, have no direct authority on custody rulings, but their reports can have a large influence on judges’ parenting plan decisions — and on children’s ...