A Lackawanna County man has sued the county’s guardian ad litem in federal court, along with the Lackawanna County Common Pleas Court, alleging the family court’s guardian program deprived litigants of constitutional rights and that the court’s sole guardian "thoroughly misunderstood and misapplied her role."
In a complaint filed March 15 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Dr. Michael Stefanov claimed attorney Danielle M. Ross threatened parents with sanctions if her recommendations were not followed while the court abdicated its judicial duties to Ross and "rubberstamped" her recommendations into court orders.
