Roberts v. Roberts

DONALDSON, Judge.

Guardians ad litem appointed to represent the interests of minor children in domestic-relations cases are entitled to receive reasonable fees for them services. See § 26-2A-52, Ala.Code 1975, and Rule 17, Ala. R. Civ. P. This appeal raises the questions whether the Jefferson Circuit Court (“the trial court”) awarded an unreasonable fee to a guardian ad litem appointed to represent the interests of a child in a divorce case, whether the trial court erred in determining that the guardian ad litem’s fee in such a case is hot limited to the rate specified in § 15-12-21, Ala.Code…