Department of Public Welfare v. J. K. B.

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing indigent parents' right to court appointed counsel in State instituted proceeding to remove child from parents' custody
• recognizing indigent parents’ right to court appointed counsel in State instituted proceeding to remove child from parents’ custody
• finding that marshaling of evidence by counsel helps ensure that courts reach decisions on parental rights with “utmost care”
• noting complexity of issues in adjudicating petitions to dispense with consent to adoption as consideration in finding right to counsel
• noting complexity of issues in adjudicating petitions to dispense with consent to adoption as consideration in finding right to counsel
• “[I]ndigent parents have a constitutional right to appointed counsel, if they wish, before their parental rights are terminated . . . .“ (footnote omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).