Legal Opinion
State of Wyoming, Department of Family Services v. Tanya S. Currier and Ronnie Hauck
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided February 8, 2013No. S-12-0114PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KITE, Chief Justice.
[T1] This Court granted the State of Wyoming, Department of Family Services' (DFS) petition for a writ of review of the district court's ruling that due process requires the state to provide an indigent party with counsel in a civil contempt proceeding for non-payment of child support when incarceration is one of the possible penalties. We conclude that appointment of counsel is not required because Wyoming has sufficient substitute procedural safeguards to protect indigent obligors against the possibility of wrongful incarceration. - Consequently, we reverse.
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2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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- Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. DixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by5 opinions
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