In response to a lengthy set of recommendations from the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts regarding its guardian ad litem program, the Lackawanna County Family Court has abandoned "automatic appointment" of a guardian to custody cases.
Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas Judge Patricia Corbett, who oversees the county’s family court and is in charge of the implementation of the AOPC’s recommendations, said a committee made up entirely of Lackawanna County attorneys tasked with evaluating the program unanimously agreed the program should do away with the automatic appointment provision.
