Commentary on Sections Part 2 – Children Order Amendments Section 137: Renaming of guardians ad litem
Subsection (1) provides that a guardian ad litem is to be known as a children’s court guardian. Subsections (2) to (4) amends references to “guardian ad litem” in relevant Northern Ireland primary legislation, including the Children Order, to substitute “children’s court guardian”. Subsection (5) provides that any reference in any other statutory provision to a guardian ad litem is to be read as a reference to a children’s court guardian.