Danielle Ross will no longer be paid retainer for work in Custody disputes

                                  Another rebuke for County kids guardian

by Steve McConnell staff writter

Lackawanna County Family Court has decided it will not pay

guardian ad littem Danielle Ross her 38,000 annual retainer to

represent children in custody disputes, Judge Trish Corbett said

Monday. Court officials are reviewing Ms. Ross's contract in light

of a 113 page -report of the County's guardian ad litem program by

the administrative office of pennsylvania courts released this month,

Judge Corbett said.