---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 11.904"
title: "25"
number: "11.904"
heading: "Guardian ad litem."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/11.904"
---

# §11.904. Guardian ad litem.


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.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; R.S. 463, 25 U.S.C. 2; R.S. 465, 25 U.S.C. 9; 42 Stat. 208, 25 U.S.C. 13; 38 Stat. 586, 25 U.S.C. 200.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 54411, Oct. 21, 1993, unless otherwise noted.