Sentences with phrase «ad litem then»

The attorney ad litem then makes a recommendation to the court regarding which parent should have primary physical custody and which should have visitation.

Not exact matches

In these cases a better strategy is often to file a motion for discovery, appointment of a guardian ad litem, or for drug, alcohol or mental health testing with the initial complaint and then seek substantive temporary relief after one has developed the necessary information.

If mediation is not successful, the court may then appoint a custody evaluator as well as an individual to represent the child's interests - a guardian ad litem, child representative or attorney - in order to assist the court in making a custody determination.

The trial judge then stated that the court's observations from hearing the evidence were essentially the same as the recommendation made by the guardian ad litem.