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Old 11-21-2014, 08:51 AM
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Florence
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My experience with the GAL during my divorce with XAH was awesome.

Since my XAH was lying about everything and covering up and explaining away his A history, I laid out ALL of the evidence to the GAL and then some, including all my opinions and fears. Simply put, once it's laid out to the GAL that the A is affecting the kids and their primary caretaker in XYZ ways, it has to be addressed by the court. Every document and timeline that you present will have to be addressed by the other party in detail.

That's the only bad thing, IMO. My NPDx made some crazy accusations that were humiliating to answer to, but ultimately they were baseless and the court saw that.

You can get a bad GAL or a bad court, but in my experience, courts use GALs because they're invested in doing better for kids, NOT shuttling them through a disinterested system.
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