When does the Office of Public Advocacy provide GAL representation?
OPA may only assign a GAL to a child when appointed by the court and OPA can only accept court appointments that are statutorily authorized. OPA may serve as GAL for children in domestic violence cases where a restraining order is filed on behalf of a child, in juvenile delinquency cases, in private child custody cases between divorcing parents who are indigent, in adult criminal cases where there is a child victim, in Child in Need of Aid cases, and in adoption cases.
