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Were guardians ad litem and indigent defense thrown under the budget bus?

January 27, 2010 By AmberPaw

Go to http://www.mass.gov/bb/h1/fy11... Line item 0321-1500 is "staff" Line item 0321-1510 is "independent contractors" - private attorneys who accept court appointments in child welfare, mental health, and criminal cases.    I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gideon, gideons-trumpet, guardian-ad-litem, indigent-defense, public-defender, state-employee

Office of the Child Advocate releases first Annual Report – WITH POLL !!!

July 10, 2009 By AmberPaw

Gail Garringer, the first Child Advocate charged with protecting all the children in our state with a staff of herself, two employees and two interns - has released her first report.  The Report That's right, folks, children are so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: child-advocate, disproportionate-impact, garringer, guardian-ad-litem

Line items matter – and a little transferability can be a dangerous thing – a case study

April 2, 2009 By AmberPaw

Here is a case study.  In our state, the Chief Justice for Administration and Management [CJAM] has total control over a line item, 0330-0300 in which there is no itemization, nor any requirement that anything be spent on anything … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 9c, budget, child-welfare, cjam, gal, guardian-ad-litem, line-item

Hello, Doug, are you still listening?

March 22, 2009 By AmberPaw

I am not going to jump up and down, call names, and snark like JQ Adams did, but I do think the impact of the cuts on the Judiciary's budget, and their decision to eliminate GAL funding is a very bad development for vulnerable kids - if … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bluemassgroup, chapter-54-of-the-acts-of-2005, doug-rubin, gal, gov.-patrick, guardian-ad-litem

TRIAL COURTS REQUEST INPUT ON NEW GAL STANDARDS

March 9, 2007 By AmberPaw

A Guardian Ad Litem may be appointed in custody and child welfare cases in several situations.  They investigate, and report back to the judges, and often have a major impact on how a divorce is decided, or a child's life. In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: child-welfare, citizenship, custody, gal, guardian-ad-litem, notice-and-comment

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