SB148 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Sam Givhan Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to guardians ad litem; to amend Section 15-12-21, Code of Alabama 1975; to increase the compensation for an attorney appointed to serve as a guardian ad litem in certain juvenile cases.

Description

Under existing law, counsel appointed to represent or assist an indigent client or serve as a guardian ad litem in a juvenile case may be compensated a maximum fee of $2,500.

This bill would provide that counsel appointed to serve as a guardian ad litem for a juvenile in a dependency case may be compensated a maximum fee of $5,000.

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Subjects

Guardians ad litem, compensation for appointed guardian ad litem in certain juvenile cases, increased