Cache County v. Lauritzen

OPINION

JACKSON, Judge:

Cache County appeals from a decision awarding attorney fees to A.W. Lauritzen. Cache County challenges the decision on four grounds: (1) under Utah Code Ann. § 78-3a-35 (Supp.1990), a person does not have a right to court-appointed counsel in a private proceeding; (2) even if such a right exists, the juvenile court is bound by Cache County’s public defender agreement; (3) the county is not responsible for any fees resulting from court appointments made outside of the county’s agreement; and (4) the juvenile court must give the county notice of appointments made outside…