InvestigateWest, Family Law Experts in Guardian Ad Litem Reform

To ensure that guardians ad litem are protecting children as fully as possible, they’re looking toward a model code on domestic and family violence developed by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, a nonprofit judicial membership organization that works to improve policy affecting families and abuse victims. The statutory framework recommended by the nonprofit specifies that people conducting custody evaluations in cases involving domestic abuse should be licensed mental health professionals with extensive knowledge of domestic and child abuse.

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