This page has reference materials for Guardian ad Litems of all sorts, not just GAL's for children, and includes forms for the GAL's use.

The materials and forms on this page reflect certain axioms. The materials and forms will probably be useful regardless of your agreement with these axioms, but you ought to know up front...

1. No matter the extent of social work, drug and alcohol, or mental health experience and training that an experienced Guardian ad Litem usually gathers or brings to the job, the role of a GAL is that of the child's or protected person's attorney; not a social worker, a judge, a parent's attorney, or a prosecutor.
2. Interfering with the roles of the other participants of the court process is usually disruptive to that process, and usually disruptive to the best interest of the child or protected person.
3. A GAL's failure to improve his or her litigation skills, just like for any trial attorney, makes the GAL much less effective in representing the client.
4. Regardless of the above, each GAL with his or her life experience, is an important addition to the mix of GAL skills in the local court and each should be respected for his or her unique contribution. GAL's who march in lockstep with each other don't lead to where the client needs to follow.