Tracy v. Dennie

The majority holds that Administrative Order No. 15 is the passkey that gives a party or an attorney ad litem (AAL) license to admit hearsay via the ad litem’s report. I concur in the decision to affirm the circuit court’s ruling on the hearsay issue but only because this question is not preserved for appeal.

The attorney ad litem’s report contained the substance of her interviews with Mr. JjjTracy, Ms. Dennie, Ms. Dennie’s psychiatrist, Mr. Tracy’s father, and Mr. Tracy’s wife. At the hearing, Mr. Tracy asserted that the entire report was inadmissible as violating the rule against hearsay.…