Parent Cannot Challenge The Effectiveness Of Child’s Attorney
The father in this termination of parental rights case did not have standing to claim that his child’s attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel.
Trial Court Interfered With Parent’s Right To Question Guardian Ad Litem About Report
In this parenting-time dispute, the trial court improperly 1) treated the guardian ad litem (GAL) as a lawyer-guardian ad litem (LGAL) and 2) denied the parties’ right to question the GAL at a hearing.
L-GAL Removed For Overstepping Agreed-Upon Boundaries
The trial court’s order denying the plaintiff-father’s motion to remove the lawyer-guardian ad litem (L-GAL) from this custody case is reversed and the matter is remanded for an evidentiary hearing.