Children and young people
GAL work may help a child or young person—including a 17-year-old with severe autism—whose interests need legal representation.
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Guardian ad Litem work
GAL advocacy for children, older adults, and people with disabilities.
Jarvis Law’s guardian ad litem work serves children, older adults, and people with disabilities. In this role, we may serve as a GAL to help protect and represent an individual’s interests.
Ask about GAL workWho we help
People of many ages and with many kinds of needs.
A person who may need a GAL could be a 17-year-old with severe autism, a 91-year-old grandmother with dementia, or someone else whose disability creates a need for legal representation.
Elder Care
GAL work may help an older adult, including a person living with dementia, whose interests need legal representation.
Disability Care
A GAL may serve a person with a disability who needs an advocate to help ensure that individual’s interests are represented.
Home visits
Jarvis Law always makes home visits after the court orders them.
A GAL visit
Begin with the individual and what they need.
Answer initial questions
We first ask for information about the person for whom a GAL appointment is being considered.
Consider the need
The information helps us consider whether the individual may need a Guardian ad Litem.
Arrange a home visit
We always make home visits after the court orders them.
Contact and intake