Just over three months after the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts issued a report urging the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas to re-evaluate whether it should be assigning the majority of custody cases to its full-time GAL, Danielle M. Ross, the county renewed Ross’ contract, potentially worth about $38,000 per year.

But one difference between Ross’ new contract and her previous contract, according to Lackawanna County Judge Patricia Corbett, is that this one provides for a monthly rather than annual salary.