Comprehensive Guardian Ad Litem Program Enacted by 2005 Legislature

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming,United States
• Citation: Vol. 28 No. 3 Pg. 1
• Publication year: 2005
• Pages: 1
• Year: 2005
• topic: Family Law,Civil Procedure,Public Sector Law

Wyoming Bar Journal 2005.

Vol. 28, No. 3 #1 (June 2005). Comprehensive Guardian Ad Litem Program Enacted by 2005 Legislature

WYOMING LAWYER
June 2005/Vol. XXVIII, No. 3

Comprehensive Guardian Ad Litem Program Enacted by 2005 Legislature

By Holly Hansen

One of the last pieces of legislation to be enacted during the 2005 legislative session was House Bill 314 - Guardians Ad Litem (GALs). The bill takes effect July 1, 2005, and establishes a state funded program "to reimburse attorneys providing legal representation as guardians ad litem in child protection cases under W.S. 14-3-10 1 through 14-3-440, of children in need of supervision cases under W.S 14-6-401 through 14-6-440, or termination of parental rights actions brought as a result of a child protection or a children in need of supervision action." The bill carries an appropriation of $2.1 million. The funds appropriated for this program may only be used for the purposes enumerated in the bill

Wyoming's 23 counties are currently responsible for covering the cost of GALs. Under the bill...