The Legislature’s Judiciary Committee has approved a bill proposing reforms for the state’s guardian ad litem system that would give parents a greater say as to who would represent their children during custody proceedings, as well as new authority to request the removal of a GAL from a case.
But advocates for sweeping changes in family courts, while calling the measure a step in the right direction, said it does not go far enough to address a system they see as fundamentally unfair. Before the Judiciary Committee voted April 2, some lawmakers seemed sympathetic to such concerns and indicated broader changes could be coming in the future. “We’re trying to get our arms around this,” said state Sen. John Kissel, R-Enfield.
