Southern Indiana Pro Bono Referrals is excited to welcome and host Katherine Meger Kelsey, Emily L. Angel, and D. Elizabeth Cox, attorneys from Kids’ Voice GAL Program, who will be presenting a six hour CLE (including 1hr ethics) Guardian ad Litem training for attorneys.

AGENDA:

8:00am – 8:45am 

REGISTRATION

8:45am – 9:00am

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

9:00am – 10:00am

CUSTODY, PARENTING TIME, AND THE GAL: Dissolution and paternity substantive law, and gal roles and duties in the dissolution and paternity cases.

10:00am – 11:00am

GUARDIANSHIP, THIRD PARTY CUSTODY, AND THE GAL: Guardianship and third party custody substantive law, and GAL roles and duties in guardianship and third party custody cases.

11:00am – 11:15am

BREAK

11:15am – 12:15pm 

GUARDIAN AD LITEM, PART I: Investigating

12:15pm – 1:15pm

LUNCH

1:15pm – 3:15pm

GUARDIAN AD LITEM, PART II: Writing reports for the court, testifying, and Department of Child Services involvement in GAL cases.

3:15pm – 3:30pm

BREAK

3:30pm – 4:30pm 

ETHICS IN GAL PRACTICE: Ex parte communication, GALs in mediation and arbitration, legal advice to parties, and reporting child abuse and neglect.