There are a long list of responsibilities guardian ad litem’s have. Guardian Ad Litems have to gather information about the children that are appointed to by having to get to know them. The GAL will look into the family situation and advise the court about issues such as where the children should live most of the time, whether the child is being harmed by one parent’s alleged substance abuse, and what contact the child should have with the other parent (“What Is,” 2015). Overall, the GAL must look at all the different factors that could affect the nature of the parent-child relationship. Then the GAL makes a recommendation. The GAL’s recommendation should protect the child's right to have a meaningful, strong relationship with his or her parents, insofar as that is practical and in the child’s “best interests” (“What Is,” 2015). Everything that a GAL does regarding a case, must be kept…