Legal Opinion
Matter of T.M.H.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided June 17, 1980No. 50801PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOOLIN, Justice:
We are called upon today to decide a question arising from an order of the trial court terminating appellants’ parental rights to their minor child, Teresa M. We find the court’s denial of appointment of counsel to represent child to be the first grounds for reversal.
The trial court terminated the parental rights of mother and father in January of 1977. They appeal to this court and have preserved this question for review.
Appellants filed a motion to appoint independent counsel to represent Teresa. It was denied. Should a trial court appoint independent counsel to represent a…
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