Alicia Connors, coordinator for guardians ad litem in Windsor, Orange and Washington counties, talks with guardian ad litem Kevin Christie, of Hartford, after a family court hearing in Windsor ...

A Guardian ad Litem is the court-appointed voice of a child when government agencies suspect abuse or neglect. But the GAL program is, on the surface, unusual. It’s built on a network of solely ...

KENNEBUNKPORT — When courts get involved with families about any aspect of child custody, it is always a high-stress situation for all concerned. For families and children facing divorce action, child ...

Volunteer guardian ad litems, recruited and trained to give vulnerable children and families a chance at a better life, are ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — There are more than 1,200 abused, abandoned and neglected children in Palm Beach County’s Guardian ad Litem program. And within the program, there are over 500 court-appointed ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Inside a family courtroom, mothers and fathers are often fighting for custody of their children, and in the middle of that fight is a Guardian Ad Litem. A third-party ...

The long-awaited decision reverses a May 2003 holding of the Court of Special Appeals, which concluded that guardians ad litem had at least qualified immunity from lawsuits since they act mainly as an ...

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 ...

A guardian ad litem is an advocate for children in high-conflict divorce cases, or divorces with potential abuse/neglect or substance abuse. Many people do not know what a guardian ad litem is or ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — David Pasulka, the powerful attorney accused of sexually assaulting female employees, as well as women whose children he represented in custody cases, was charged Wednesday with ...