Court Opinion

ID: 9525154
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 03:00:21.050013+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:13:11.070496
License: Public Domain

SAND, Justice,
specially concurring.
I concur in the majority opinion.
I participated in granting the initial stay order but did so because the application made only an oblique reference to the supervision that was to be conducted by the guardian ad litem regarding the visitation between the father and the children. The application stated “that her [Wendy Schulz, Guardian Ad Litem] involvement be limited to supervising the immediate visitation to take place between the father and the children and that she prepare a written report *369and report to the Court her findings and conclusions prior to the trial.” The transcript, however, now discloses that the court order provided as follows: “It will be further ordered on the part of this Court that a guardian ad litem will be appointed and the guardian ad litem will be with these children at all times or will have a supervisor with these children at all times when these visitations are taking place.” If this information had been available, I would not have agreed to the initial stay order.
I am also convinced that the guardian ad litem must assume a neutral position in the
divorce action and shall not lend support to one party or the other but must only be concerned with the best interests of the children.
VANDE WALLE, J., concurs.