Guardian Ad Litem v. State

OPINION

GREENWOOD, Presiding Judge:

1 1 The State, Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS), argues the juvenile court erred ordering DCFS to pay the expert witness fee of a witness called by the Guardian ad Litem (the Guardian) in a trial on the Guardian's petition to remove the children from their home and place them in DCFS custody. Prior to trial, DCFS informed the expert witness that it would not pay her fee and would not call her as a witness. The juvenile court denied the Guardian's petition and ordered that the children remain with their father, but ordered DCFS to pay the expert…