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Panel backs bill requiring attorney guardians ad litem in most represented custody cases
Summary
The Domestic Relations Business and Probate Law Subcommittee voted 5-0 to give House Bill 3,622 a favorable report after adopting an amendment that lets parties mutually agree to a lay guardian ad litem and preserves existing appointments in pending cases.
House Bill 3,622 would change South Carolina law to require that guardians ad litem in private child custody or visitation cases generally be licensed attorneys in good standing with the South Carolina Bar. The Domestic Relations Business and Probate Law Subcommittee voted 5-0 to give the bill a favorable report as amended.
The bill, as originally filed, would have limited appointments to attorneys when parties are represented. Representative David Martin, a committee member, supported…
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