In re C.L.S.

This Court holds that the trial court committed reversible error by failing to admonish a private party of the dangers of waiving his right to counsel before allowing him to appear pro se in this litigation. But the law does not grant the party a right to counsel — only the option of counsel typically available in litigation between two private parties. And the law does not mandate that trial courts advise private *23parties on the wisdom of their litigation choices in the absence of a right to counsel.

I agree with the Court that when one parent appears without counsel at a trial in which the…