R.H. v. D.N.

Section 12 — 15—63(b), Ala.Code 1975, provides that “counsel shall be appointed where the parties” in a dependency case “are unable for financial reasons to retain them own.” See also Smoke v. State Dep’t of Pensions & Sec., 378 So.2d 1149 (Ala. Civ.App.1979). Based on the plain language of § 12 — 15—63(b), I believe that the trial court erred in denying the mother’s requests that counsel be appointed after the case was transferred in February 2006 and subsequently while the case was pending; I also believe that the trial court erred in allowing the case to proceed although the mother was not…