«Specifici poteri di rappresentanza sostanziale» attribuiti al curatore speciale del minore

The recent civil procedure reform allows the judge to grant substantial prerogatives to the guardian ad litem of the child, appointed in civil court cases and originally designed to meet basically procedural needs. The codification of this new measure limiting parental responsibility provides some ground for reflexion, namely with regard to the hearing of the child by the guardian ad litem, the coordination between the different figures of the guardian ad substantiam and the legal guardian, the appeal against the substantive acts of the guardian ad litem.