Guardian Ad Litem

Guardian and Litem

___Abuse of Discretion
   An appointment of a guardian ad litem for a child who was not a party to modification of child support action and without an evidentiary showing of the need for a guardian was an abuse of the trial court’s discretionary power.  Robin v. Robin

Illustrative Cases
   The court would not reduce or terminate the respondent’s support obligations simply because his children had resisted visitation with him where there was sufficient evidence that this resistance was due to his own behavior and not attributable to any interference by the petitioner.  In re Heldrebrandt
   The circuit court abused its discretion in denying wife’s petition to review and extend a temporary maintenance award where, although the former wife may not have begun her efforts toward financial independence as soon as she might have and the marriage was of short duration, she did not have sufficient resources to meet her financial obligations, where the standard of living during the marriage was lavish, where she was in her late forties when the parties were divorced, and where she had worked only tow years and eight months in her life, had not, at former husband’s request, worked during the marriage, and had physical and emotional problems which may have prevented her from seeking full-time employment, and where husband had ability to pay maintenance.  In re Martin

Indefinite Maintenance
   Court did not abuse its discretion in awarding indefinite maintenance where trial court concluded that it was unlikely wife would be to increase her income to a level approaching her husband’s.  In re Minear

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