This is a position that people typically volunteer for. I don't know that there are very many qualifications except that you need to be fully committed to the best interests of the child alone. If you aren't a lawyer, you will be working with one in court, so I suppose that the best thing to do would be to finish law school, if you want o be the best you can be at this whole Guardian ad Litem business.
For more info you might want to dig around on guardianadlitem.org:
... which is Florida's Guardian ad Litem resource. Your state probably has one too.
Probably the fastest way to figure out how to best serve the needs of children as a Guardian ad Litem would be to pick up the phone and ask them the question you posted here, or drop them an e-mail and do the same. [ DangerNerd's advice column | Ask DangerNerd A Question ]
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