I have been told that to follow the gurdian ad litems report and agreed to follow becuse i did not have a lawyer talk

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I am very sorry that you do not feel heard by the courts about the concerns for your daughter.  Do you have an attorney now or are you still representing yourself?

Thank you for that additional information.  Unfortunately, it can be very hard to represent yourself when you are in these emotional kinds of cases.  But it is certainly possible.  The key is trying to get both the guardian ad litem and the court to see that your concerns about your daughter's father are legitimate and reasonable and to provide as much evidence as you can to the court of how your child's father is a risk to her.  If a court hearing already took place and the court has already made a decision, you can file a motion to reconsider or to vacate that decision.  A motion is a written document you would file with the court explaining all the concerns you have.

In terms of the guardian, it may be worth putting together a sort of evidence package of documents and witnesses the guardian could talk to and to provide that to the guardian and ask if the guardian could at least look into your concerns.  If you present your concerns and the guardian does not look into them, that would provide you a point to make to the court as to why you do not believe the guardian's report reached the right conclusions about what is in your daughter's best interest.  If there is abuse involved, you may also want to reconsider starting your daughter back in therapy, separate from the reunification therapist.

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She should remain in at least some therapy for her own mental health and to show you are concerned about it.

You would need to check the court rules for the specific court this case is in to see how long you have to file for a reconsideration, but that timeline is usually between 10-30 days, depending on the court.

I am glad I could help in some way.

Given what she has been through, she may need therapy for some time.

It may be that the reunification therapy could actually expose that you did not coach her and that your child was victimized by her father.

I would follow those recommendations.  Doing so may actually uncover reasons why time with her father is not in her best interests.  But if a reunification therapist is involved, there may be times that therapist does want you and the father together or the father and the child together, but reunification therapy is intended to identify issues of concern like those you raise.

And, that is a completely understandable feeling and desire.  You are right not to want contact, but you also want to cooperate in the process such that you can protect her the best you can and hopefully the process will reveal the risks such that the court does not allow contact or at least no unsupervised contact.

I do think it would be beneficial for you to get an attorney to give you the best chance protecting her.

I am very sorry that you and your daughter are in this situation; I wish there was more I could do.