Matter of Scottie D.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that, in abuse and neglect proceedings, a guardian “must exercise reasonable diligence in carrying out the responsibility of protecting the rights of the children.”
• guardian ad litem’s duty to exercise reasonable diligence in protecting rights of children includes exercising appellant rights of children
• “[A] guardian ad litem has a duty to represent the child(ren) to whom he or she has been appointed, as effectively as if the guardian ad litem were in a normal lawyer-client relationship.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).