Legal Question in Family Law in Iowa

My husband is in prison I had to hire a guardian ad litem for him for our divorce the original trial was pushed off a year due to him still being in prison however he was released shortly after the trail date. He then had his parole revoked a few months later. My question is since we have our next trial date set for 2 months after his prison commitment date is over and he wont agree to anything do I still need to pay for a guardian ad litem because he will be out months before our trial and he can then hire his own and for know we do not need to correspond


Asked on 11/18/14, 11:34 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Luedeman solo practitioner

I think this is a question for the attorney that is handling your dissolution. I do not, however, believe you should have had to pay for his GAL. I think that you should proceed. In addition your attorney can or should file a motion to have a GAL appointed to represent him while he is in prison, and that person can then withdraw if or when your husband gets released.

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Answered on 11/19/14, 2:53 pm


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