What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? New York
For what reason would a law guardian be appointed in an uncontested divorce with a minor child? Everything I'm reading talks about custody battles, but that is absolutely not the case here.
Today I received a letter from the state Supreme Court with our divorce docket number on it saying that a law guardian had been appointed to represent our son and there is an "inquest" scheduled for July. I immediately called my (ex)husband and he said he had gotten a letter too and had no clue what it was about. I called the attorney listed and left a message. He didn't call back today so I'm just trying to get more info. My ex also put a call into his attorney but left a message as well.
We have no custody dispute or any contested matters at all in our divorce. We have a fairly friendly relationship all around. We actually just made tentative plans to take our son on a 5 hour bus trip the Bronx Zoo together next month.
A brief background: My husband wanted the divorce. We separated in May of 2005 when our son was almost 11 months old (He'll be 5 on Friday). My husband moved out and would regularly come by to spend time with our son. After a couple of years I filed paperwork for formal child support in family court to protect both of us--he had been paying all along--so there is a standing support order already in place since 2007.
He finally filed for divorce last March with an attorney(I was served then but I don't think they got it put on the docket until this April for whatever reason). We had already hashed what little there was to negotiate and I had no problems with the divorce paperwork so I didn't get an attorney. I didn't do the response thing so that it would just go in as a default judgment. In the papers his attorney drew up, we have joint custody of our son with me having primary physical custody. Visitation was outlined and my ex and I have actually modified it a bit due to a new work schedule for him and because he wanted a little more time with our son. I had no problem with that and it's been working great for the past year or so that he started having overnight visitation (we waited to do overnights until our son was almost 4).
I looked up our divorce case on the county website and see it has this law guardian attorney listed as my attorney (today is the first day I've heard of the guy!). Is this some sort of formality because I'm not represented and I have "custody" of our son? I'm very confused and to be honest, a bit nervous now.
Thank you.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
For what reason would a law guardian be appointed in an uncontested divorce with a minor child? Everything I'm reading talks about custody battles, but that is absolutely not the case here.
Today I received a letter from the state Supreme Court with our divorce docket number on it saying that a law guardian had been appointed to represent our son and there is an "inquest" scheduled for July. I immediately called my (ex)husband and he said he had gotten a letter too and had no clue what it was about. I called the attorney listed and left a message. He didn't call back today so I'm just trying to get more info. My ex also put a call into his attorney but left a message as well.
We have no custody dispute or any contested matters at all in our divorce. We have a fairly friendly relationship all around. We actually just made tentative plans to take our son on a 5 hour bus trip the Bronx Zoo together next month.
A brief background: My husband wanted the divorce. We separated in May of 2005 when our son was almost 11 months old (He'll be 5 on Friday). My husband moved out and would regularly come by to spend time with our son. After a couple of years I filed paperwork for formal child support in family court to protect both of us--he had been paying all along--so there is a standing support order already in place since 2007.
He finally filed for divorce last March with an attorney(I was served then but I don't think they got it put on the docket until this April for whatever reason). We had already hashed what little there was to negotiate and I had no problems with the divorce paperwork so I didn't get an attorney. I didn't do the response thing so that it would just go in as a default judgment. In the papers his attorney drew up, we have joint custody of our son with me having primary physical custody. Visitation was outlined and my ex and I have actually modified it a bit due to a new work schedule for him and because he wanted a little more time with our son. I had no problem with that and it's been working great for the past year or so that he started having overnight visitation (we waited to do overnights until our son was almost 4).
I looked up our divorce case on the county website and see it has this law guardian attorney listed as my attorney (today is the first day I've heard of the guy!). Is this some sort of formality because I'm not represented and I have "custody" of our son? I'm very confused and to be honest, a bit nervous now.
Thank you.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?