In all cases involving parental rights and responsibilities the court may appoint
a guardian ad litem to represent the best interests of the child. (Added 1985, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
Meyer v. Meyer, 789 A.2d 921 (Vt. 2001). “Father’s final argument on appeal is that the trial court erred by failing to appoint a guardian ad litem for the girls under 15 V.S.A. § 669 and V.R.F.P. 7; therefore, we should reverse and remand for a new.”
Gilbert v. Gilbert, 664 A.2d 239 (Vt. 1995). “The proper role for the GAL in a divorce case is “to minimize the harm suffered by the child during the breakup of the family rather than to assist the attorney and the child *554 in making the choices that parties must make in our adversary system.”
Jason Fisher v. Valerie Coolidge (Vt. 2015). “See 15 V.S.A. § 669 (“In all cases involving parental rights and responsibilities the court may appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the best interests of the child.”
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