C.S.F. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

ORDER

This Court abated this case to consider whether petitioner C.S.F., a pro se indigent parent in a'government-initiated parental rights termination suit, has a statutory right to appointed counsel to pursue a petition for review. These proceedings began with a report made after the child, then thirteen, was hospitalized with mental health issues. The Department of Family and Protective Services eventually placed the child in a residential treatment facility and sought termination of parental rights. The trial court terminated both parents’ rights, but only C.S.F. appealed. The CA affirmed.…