Law Guardians: Now Known as Attorneys for Children

Just What Do They Do, & Why?
Their Role & the Rules that Govern Them in New York State

LAW GUARDIANS: NOW KNOWN AS ATTORNEYS FOR CHILDREN

Law Guardians are a very misunderstood breed, especially by law guardians themselves, and even sometimes by judges, not to mention other lawyers and litigants. Too many believe that a law guardian’s role is well defined, yet each seems to conduct him or herself according to his or her own desire. Some maintain that he or she selects who gets custody of the children and what visitation the other parent receives. Some Judges believe the law guardian is his or her investigator and fact finder to hang a decision on. Both are wrong. A law guardian is nothing more and nothing less than an attorney for the child who is appointed by the court; is an equal to all other lawyers appearing in the case; subject to the same rules of conduct and ethics; and must actively represent his or her client, the child.

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About the author: He is a matrimonial and family law attorney with an office in Melville, who better survived two divorces before he became an attorney using the above information.  www.MaceNYLaw.com