The anti-guardian ad litem movement picks up steam

Reevaluating the Evaluators: custody evaluators child custody evaluations
Rethinking the Assumptions of Therapeutic Jurisprudence in the Family Courts

And it's about time.

In so many of the cases I've followed over the past 12 years, judges rely on guardian ad litem (GAL)"eyes and ears of the court" reports in their findings of fact.

Big mistake.

GALs have a long sordid history of skewering their so-called investigations against protective parents [usually mothers, but not always] and there's a whole pile of evidence that they do it in behalf of whoever has the most money [usually fathers].

Children need. . . THIS?
CUSTODY EVALUATORS: IN THEIR OWN WORDS