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· 4/10/1975

In Re the Welfare of Myricks

Citations

  • 533 P.2d 841
  • 85 Wash. 2d 252
  • 1975 Wash. LEXIS 877

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • extending the right of indigent parents to court-appointed counsel to temporary deprivation proceedings where permanent deprivation may likely follow the dependency and neglect proceeding
  • extending the right of indigent parents to court-appointed counsel in permanent child deprivation proceedings to temporary deprivation proceedings “where permanent deprivation may likely follow the dependency and child neglect proceeding”
  • “The nature of the rights in question [in a child deprivation proceeding] and the relative powers of the antagonists, necessitate the appointment of counsel”
  • parent entitled to appointed counsel in a dependency proceeding that only temporarily removes a child from the parent but has a substantial likelihood of eventually leading to termination of parental rights
  • parent entitled to appointed counsel in a dependency proceeding that only temporarily removes a child from the parent but has a substantial likelihood of eventually leading to termination of parental rights
  • parent entitled to appointed counsel in a dependency proceeding that only temporarily removes a child from the parent but has a substantial likelihood of eventually leading to termination of parental rights

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Brachtenbach, Finley, Hamilton, Horowitz, Hunter, Rosellini, Stafford, Utter, Wright

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