1. Supreme Court of Ohio Subcommittee on Responding to Child Abuse, Neglect and Dependency Guardian ad Litem Rule and Practice Project: 
Report on GAL Survey
Monday, June 01, 2015

2. 477 Total Responses Date Created: Tuesday, November 04, 2014
Complete Responses: 370

3. Q1: How many years have you been a Guardian ad Litem?
Answered: Skipped: 8

4. Q2: In what area(s) do you practice?
Answered: Skipped: 12

5. Q3: In what types of cases do you participate as GAL (please check all that apply)?
Answered: Skipped: 8

6. Q5: What is your professional background?
Answered: Skipped: 80

7. Q7: In approximately how many cases are you appointed per year?
Answered: Skipped: 33

8. Q8: What is the typical length of your Guardian ad Litem appointment?
Answered: Skipped: 20

9. Q9: In how many cases have you been reappointed (due to new filings and/or motions)?
Answered: Skipped: 108

10. Q10: What is your role when you are initially appointed?
Answered: Skipped: 31

11. Q13: Are there topics on which you would like to receive training in addition to the training specified in Sup. R. 48 (E)(3)(i.e., additional hours on a required topic or training on a new topic)?   If so, check all that apply Answered: Skipped: 87

12. Q14: From what provider do you take your Guardian ad Litem 3-hour trainings?
Answered: Skipped: 50

13. Q15: Do you believe the current GAL pre-service training offers adequate preparation for GALs in terms of number of hours and required topics?
Answered: Skipped: 34

14. Q16: Do you believe the current requirement for post-service annual training is adequate?
Answered: Skipped: 34

15. Q19: How is your order of appointment as a Guardian ad Litem provided?
Answered: Skipped: 81

16. Q20: How are you appointed as a Guardian ad Litem? Check all that apply.
Answered: Skipped: 116

17. Q22: Is there a local court rule, general practice order, or other procedure in place in your county or counties of practice that details a GAL’s responsibilities and GAL accountability for their actions?
Answered: Skipped: 125

18. Q24: Do you have access to comments or complaints made about you as a Guardian ad Litem?
Answered: Skipped: 170

19. Q25: Does your professional liability insurance cover your work as a Guardian ad Litem?
Answered: Skipped: 98

20. Q27: Does your court prescribe a report form that GALs must use?
Answered: Skipped: 91

21. Q28: If your court does not prescribe a report form that must be used by GALs, do you think such a form would be helpful?
Answered: Skipped: 142

22. Q29: If you think that a prescribed report form for GALs would be helpful, please indicate what should be included.

23. Q30: How far in advance of a dispositional hearing do you provide your report?
Answered: Skipped: 122

24. Q33: How are you paid as a Guardian ad Litem?
Answered: Skipped: 177

25. Q35: Has the failure of a party to pay your court-ordered GAL fees ever influenced or had any impact on your recommendations in your GAL report?
Answered: Skipped: 167

26. Q36: Does your court have a local rule or general practice order regarding the appointment or compensation of GALs in custody cases in which both parties or litigants are indigent?
Answered: Skipped: 157

27. Q37: How many times have you been appointed as a pro bono GAL?
Answered: Skipped: 148

28. Q38: Does your court maintain a list of pro bono GALs?
Answered: Skipped: 240

29. Q40: Would you like to be contacted to discuss GAL practice further?
Answered: Skipped: 146