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.,...
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)....