guardian ad litem

American  

[gahr-dee-uhn ad lahy-tuhm] / ˈgɑr di ən æd ˈlaɪ təm /

noun

Law.

1. a person appointed by a court as guardian of an infant, child, or other person to act on their behalf in a particular action or proceeding.

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Example Sentences

Pyle also granted the request of Agape attorney John Schultz to appoint a guardian ad litem for each boy at Agape.

From Seattle Times

A guardian ad litem represents the child’s interest in court.

From Seattle Times

The judge pointed to concerns about media attention in Missouri expressed by the guardian ad litem appointed to represent the children’s interests.

From Seattle Times

The hearing took place in the judge’s chambers, with the teenager’s case worker and a guardian ad litem attending alongside her.

From Washington Post

Hudson claims that he only discovered the alleged fraud four years after the conservatorship ended in 2014, long after a Los Angeles probate judge and the court-appointed guardian ad litem had signed off on Foster’s final accounting.

From Los Angeles Times