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Originally Posted by jllambert
The Attorney Ad Litem has never seen our baby. He has only talked to me once and that was because I took upon myself to go and introduce myself to him after our first hearing. If he has not done "due diligence " how do we bring this up in court? Is this something CPS can bring up or will it only be addressed if we have an intervening attorney?
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I'm not in your state, so I don't know for sure. But in MA there is a state agency that oversees the court-appointed attys for kids. They have written guidelines of what the attys are supposed to do (minimum visits, etc. etc.) If the atty doesn't do his job, you can file a complaint and try to get a new atty appointed. However, THAT IS NOT ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA!! Sometimes it may make things worse.
But don't wait until the court date to bring it up. Instead, I'd mention it to your worker and your attorney and ask them that you have concerns about the child's atty and how best to proceed.
Feel free to PM me and we can chat in more detail.