What does a guardian ad litem do? – Patterson Bray PLLC

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There are two types of guardians ad litem in Tennessee when it comes to custody cases. There are guardians ad litem for what we have in Tennessee that are called dependency and neglect proceedings. You also have guardians ad litem for regular custody cases where parents cannot agree and are asking a court to decide who should be the custodians of the minor children. And what guardians at light do in both of those scenarios is they are appointed by the court to represent the best interest of the children. At the end of the day,

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the court is going to take into consideration a number of factors as to who should be awarded custody of the minor children. Considering those things will shape a plan that’s in the best interest of the minor children. And sometimes parents cannot agree as to what’s in the best interest of the minor children. And so the court will appoint a lawyer for the children to argue on the children’s behalf what is in that child’s best.

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