Legal Document Type: Legal Order: Order Appointing Guardian Ad Litem (GAL)

Case Information: Case 24SN-DR00104 | Status: OverRuled

Document Content:
The court now enters the following "orders": 
1. 
Brook Gipson, (MO Bar #72816) whose address is 1445 E. Republic Rd., Suite 300, Springfield, MO 65804, and whose telephone number is (417) 708-9681, is hereby appointed as guardian ad litem (GAL) to represent the minor child, "namely": FELIX DAY SALMON, 2 years old, and to act as the legal representative of said minor child in this case, all in accordance with the Standards with Comments For Guardians Ad Litem In Missouri Juvenile and Family Court Matters as approved by the Missouri Supreme Court on September 1, 2011. 
2. 
The GAL shall be a party to this cause and shall be provided with copies of all pleadings and other papers filed herein and shall be notified before any action affecting the minor child is taken by either of the parties or counsel. The GAL shall file such pleadings and reports and move or petition for such relief as deemed appropriate and shall be a party to any stipulation or agreement (whether incidental, temporary or permanent) and to any settlement affecting the interests or welfare of the child. Further, the GAL may examine, cross examine, subpoena witnesses and offer testimony at any hearing pursuant to �452.423, RSMo. 
3. The GAL shall conduct all interviews with persons having contact with or knowledge of the child in order to ascertain the child's wishes, feelings, attachments and attitudes. If appropriate, the child should be interviewed. 
4. 
Upon presentation of certified copy of this order to any agency, hospital, organization, school, person or office, pediatrician, psychologists, psychiatrists, or police department, the aforementioned shall permit the GAL to inspect and copy all records relating to the minor child and the parents. The GAL 
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FILED CIRCUIT COURT 
APR 11 2025 
STONE COUNTY 
shall maintain any information received from any such source as confidential, which shall not be disclosed except in reports to the Court, to the parties and their counsel, or as directed by the co