{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-11.904","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 11.904","heading":"Guardian ad litem.","body":"The children's court, under any proceeding authorized by this part, shall appoint, for the purposes of the proceeding, a guardian ad litem for a minor, where the court finds that the minor does not have a natural or adoptive parent, guardian or custodian willing and able to exercise effective guardianship, or where the parent, guardian, or custodian has been accused of abusing or neglecting the minor.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER B—LAW AND ORDER","PART 11—COURTS OF INDIAN OFFENSES AND LAW AND ORDER CODE","Subpart I—Children's Court"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-25.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:59Z","sha256":"683bfe72979a7625d13d388a62b6adc4fefeeb2c6c5b22edf95f30e08f2c65f4","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-11.903","next":"us/25-cfr-11.905"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}