FIGHTING FOR CUSTODY:
THE IMPACT OF GUARDIANS AD LITEM ON PROTECTIVE MOTHERS' CASES.
The Dissolution Advocates NW | LLC
Family Courts, in principle, could serve as pillars against domestic violence and advocates of justice, as they are intended to be. However, in modern society, an industry of “professionals” with a multi-billion-dollar revenue underlies our Family Courts, extending beyond mere "justice for sale" to engage in outright manipulation of the legal system: the Guardians ad Litem.
A guardian ad litem (GAL) is a person appointed by a court to look after and protect the interests of someone who is unable to take care of themselves, typically a minor. Mothers are 1.76 times more likely to lose custody when a GAL is involved, and this likelihood increases to 3.4 times when alleging physical child abuse and 5.3 times when alleging both physical and sexual child abuse.
What kind of distorted and aberrant mindset leads someone to actively seek to sever the bonds between a loving mother and her children? Often, individuals driven to such actions are themselves acting out the traumas they experienced in childhood. A characteristic of psychopathy is seeking retribution against a world perceived as having abandoned and not shown love. Many GALs, in their actions, are effectively replicating feelings of abandonment by separating children from their mother, restricting all contact from the mother, and then instilling in the children the false belief that their mother did not even attempt to reach out to them. Such an individual should be seeking therapy rather than being entrusted with the care of innocent children. However, courts that use "discretion" to bypass legal safeguards provide fertile ground for those with disturbed and twisted minds to perpetrate their abuses.
The issue lies in the fact that court-appointed guardians ad litem are granted quasi-immunity, allowing them to evade accountability even in cases involving serious felony crimes. This lack of accountability contributes to a broader crisis within the judicial system, where organized crime can thrive unchecked, particularly within the framework of "courts of law." When criminal activities occur more openly and with greater impunity within the justice system than in other sectors, it signals a collapse of the system, with Family Courts being a particularly egregious example. To address this, public exposure becomes paramount, potentially serving as a crucial measure to curb criminal behavior and avert institutional breakdown.