Originally Posted by
lillamy I'm so glad to hear so many had positive experiences. I never dealt with a GAL myself -- my state forced you to hire an independent custody investigator to the tune of $10K... and I never pushed it that far because by then, I was already out of funds.
Who on earth has that kind of money?? How is that not a complete road block for most kids getting their needs represented?
I hate where I live but sometimes it really seems like a magical place compared to the stories of other states. A frozen lonely magical place, lol.