Nix v. Department of Human Resources

Ingram, Justice.

The Court of Appeals of Georgia has certified a question to this court for an answer. The question is whether an indigent parent, whose parental rights have been terminated by an order of a juvenile court on a petition filed by an agency of the state, is entitled to a paupered transcript of the proceeding in the juvenile court for use in appealing the decision of that court. The juvenile court found this child to be a deprived child and entered an order terminating the mother’s parental rights to the child. The answer to the certified question is, yes — such a parent is…