For many years there has been controversy surrounding the use of attorneys for children. I myself recently had published (April 4, 2023) an article for this paper entitled “A Somewhat Modest Proposal for Custody Cases: Bring Back the GALS” calling for the return of the Guardians ad Litem to serve in an advisory role in custody cases.
In another article entitled “Raising Children’s Rights” (published here in February of this year), I warned that attorneys for children were encroaching upon the provinces of attorneys for the parents and might even one day be able to institute a custody proceeding in the name of the child.
