As federal investigators have subpoenaed records from the Lackawanna County Family Court regarding the county’s guardian ad litem program, a review of family court records by Pennsylvania Law Weekly reveals that the court contracted one person to act as guardian ad litem an average of 88 cases per year between 2009 and 2011.

According to records provided by the staff at the Lackawanna County Family Court administrator’s office, attorney Danielle M. Ross was put on 84 cases in 2009, 105 cases in 2010, and 76 cases last year. Over that stretch, another guardian ad litem stepped in on eight occasions, the records indicated.

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