by Chandler Tanner | Jan 31, 2017 | Appeals, Equal Protection, Fourteenth Amendment, Utah Supreme Court
Does an indigent parent in Utah have a right to state-appointed counsel under the United States constitutional guarantee of equal protection in a parental rights termination case? In our previous article discussing two recent Utah Supreme Court cases, In re E.K.S.,...
by Chandler Tanner | Jan 5, 2017 | Appeals, Case brief, Family Law, Parental Rights, Utah Supreme Court
The Utah Supreme Court recently ruled on two cases addressing the right to state-appointed counsel of an indigent parent in a parental rights termination proceeding. These cases were In re E.K.S., 2016 UT 15 (Utah 2016), and In re K.A.S., 2016 UT 55 (Utah 2016)....