State Ex Rel. Juvenile Department v. Cooper

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• the function of a guardian ad litem in termination cases is “to appear on behalf of, and represent the interests of, the incapacitated person”
• it is the parent’s role and responsibility, not the lawyer’s, to make critical decisions, and if the parent lacks understanding of the proceeding or cannot make those decisions, a guardian must be appointed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).