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Panel advances child‑welfare reform to expand GAL oversight and shared discovery
Summary
The committee adopted the second substitute of HB 372 to expand oversight of the Guardian ad Litem office, require more balanced discovery among GALs, AAGs and defense counsel, and change GAL representation to an expressed‑interest model for children age 8 and older; committee vote was 9–1.
Representative Lisonbee presented the second substitute of HB 372, describing multiple changes intended to increase transparency and balance in child‑welfare proceedings: expanded oversight for the Guardian ad Litem (GAL) office, rules to provide discovery to defense counsel when GALs or the Division of Child and Family Services use evidence, and…
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