Sanders v. State

BRIGHTMIRE, Judge.

Challenged in this deprived child proceeding is the trial court’s redispositional order denying the natural mother’s request for court-appointed standards of conduct. We hold that denial of the request was error, vacate the order and remand for further proceedings.

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The operative facts are these. On April 14, 1988, the appealing mother, Shonya Sanders, was voluntarily admitted to the Oaks Psychiatric Center for in-patient treatment of her “suicidal ideation, depression, helplessness and hopelessness” following an attack and rape by her estranged husband. At the time, she was…