Justice Administrative Commission v. Grover

Petitioner, the Justice Administrative Commission (JAC), seeks a writ of certio-rari to quash the circuit court’s order requiring JAC to pay certain attorney’s fees for court-appointed counsel for an indigent in a dependency proceeding in the circuit court. The object of the court-appointed representation was a grandmother who was undoubtedly entitled to participate in the dependency proceeding concerning her minor grandchildren. Nevertheless, the grandmother was not entitled to court-appointed representation in this case, as she did not fall under the category of persons who qualify for…