Legal Opinion
In Re the Welfare of G.L.H.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 20, 2000No. C8-99-1345PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BLATZ, Chief Justice.
Respondent dismissed her court-appointed counsel on the day of her termination of parental rights (TPR) trial, and argues that her decision to do so did not constitute a voluntary and intelligent waiver of her statutory right to counsel. Because we conclude that determining the validity of a parent’s waiver of counsel does not require application of the waiver procedure in the Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, and can be determined by examining the circumstances surrounding the case, we hold that the district court did not abuse its discretion by not applying…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by23 opinions
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