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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 256426" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>DDD, I wasn't being sarcastic when I said you probably were a good GAL- I really do think you probably were. </p><p></p><p>difficult child's court date is over, but this mess with the other people in the system is not. I thought their involvement from this point on would be minimal and short-lived but I have learned otherwise.</p><p></p><p>As a side note: this GAL is the only experience I have with this kind of stuff and I truly don't know how it differs in other areas, if any. We do have both GAL's and CASA workers here. The GAL's for kids have to be licensed attny's and they have legal requirements to investigate facts and present them to to the court and advocate for what they think is in the kid's best interest- after investigating and evaluating and talking to the kid and all parties. The CASA worker, if there is one (usually only in cases of abuse or neglect- and in addition to the GAL), meets with the family and the child- maybe with a sw or sd too- and makes a recommendation to the court, along with the GAL. We don't have a CASA person involved. The judge generally rules on what the GAL recommends- however, apparently NO ONE holds the GAL accountable and makes sure he/she really did investigate, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 256426, member: 3699"] DDD, I wasn't being sarcastic when I said you probably were a good GAL- I really do think you probably were. difficult child's court date is over, but this mess with the other people in the system is not. I thought their involvement from this point on would be minimal and short-lived but I have learned otherwise. As a side note: this GAL is the only experience I have with this kind of stuff and I truly don't know how it differs in other areas, if any. We do have both GAL's and CASA workers here. The GAL's for kids have to be licensed attny's and they have legal requirements to investigate facts and present them to to the court and advocate for what they think is in the kid's best interest- after investigating and evaluating and talking to the kid and all parties. The CASA worker, if there is one (usually only in cases of abuse or neglect- and in addition to the GAL), meets with the family and the child- maybe with a sw or sd too- and makes a recommendation to the court, along with the GAL. We don't have a CASA person involved. The judge generally rules on what the GAL recommends- however, apparently NO ONE holds the GAL accountable and makes sure he/she really did investigate, etc. [/QUOTE]
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