On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, John Hopewell wrote: > Subject: Re: ad litem/additional info > > A "guardian ad litem" was appointed for only that particular legal > proceeding. . . . Quite right. I probably should have sprcified that the "ad litem" meant just for the particular proceedings. Virginia Hench (law prof) > -----Original Message----- > On Sat, 22 Jun 2002, Diana Bennett wrote: > ... > > I have some information about a Chancery Court case. She asks the > > sheriff to summon John Glass guardian "ad litem" of the children's > > names. This took place in Lawrence Co., AL in 1828. > > > > What does ad litem mean? ... > > Diana Kercheval Bennett > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Hi Diana - a "guardian ad litem" is a person appointed by a court > to protect the interests of the ward - in the case you mention, the > wards would be the children. > > In a divorce case, for example, the children's interests might > well be different from the interests of either of the parents. > I have not run across a guardian of a child's name, but I would > guess that it was a petition in chancery (a court of equity) > to change the children's names. Perhaps their mother was widowed > or divorced, has remarried, and wants to change their names. > Their father, if living, or his relatives if he was not living > at the time, might have been contesting the name change. > > Virginia E. Hench > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html