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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="1-202" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In an action in which custody, visitation rights, or the amount of support of a minor child is contested, the court may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>appoint a lawyer who shall serve as a child advocate attorney to represent the minor child and who may not represent any party to the action; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>appoint a lawyer who shall serve as a best interest attorney to represent the minor child and who may not represent any party to the action; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>impose counsel fees against one or more parties to the action.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A lawyer appointed under this section shall exercise ordinary care and diligence in the representation of a minor child.</text>
  </level>
</section>
