THERE
ARE MANY STORIES LIKE THIS:
I
also used the services of a GAL,
and also channeled a good
chunk of cash ensuring that this
person could make a nice living.
Here
is the main lesson I learned,
which in retrospect is obvious:
Persons
that do GAL work as a profession
have a personal interest in complying
with what is "expected"
from them. This personal interest
is at odd with the search of truth,
and the integrity that the job
would require.
For
instance the very first question
that my GAL asked me was "do
you know what the judge wants
from me?" - which I found at
the time was a most amazing question,
asked with the most amazing bluntness. She
assumed then that I was privy
of the intention of the judge
because I had been the entity
asking for a GAL.
She
quickly understood what the situation
was and turned out to be
biased against me. (Just after
her nomination by the court I
had done a search on google on
her name, and had found a man
that had been working with her
- and who had warned me of her
bias. But by that time there was
not much I could do.)
The
big lesson is thus: if one is
to seek the services of a
GAL, ensure as much as possible
that the GAL be selected from
a list of independent candidates
offered by you. (e.g., a list
of independent psychologists,
that are otherwise earning a good
living.) Getting a GAL appointed
by the court rarely leads to a fair
result.
-Isaac
-- So tell me this
is not just a scam to appoint high
paying jobs to judges cronies.
The memo #!$14
has been scanned by BJ for all to
see. Barb, I love
it!
