Sweeten v. Watie

GRIMM, Judge.

This case is a companion to Meyer v. Meyer and Sladek v. Sladek, 842 S.W.2d 184 (Mo.App.E.D.1992) decided today. As in those cases, the trial court here appointed a guardian ad litem (GAL) in a dissolution proceeding. The trial court ordered a portion of the GAL fees paid from public funds of St. Louis County.

In an attempt to collect her fee, the GAL garnished County’s funds. County then moved to intervene and quash the garnishment. Unlike the trial court in Meyer and Sladek, here the trial court sustained the motions.

GAL appeals; she raises only one point. She alleges the trial…