People ex rel. Danishefsky v. Covlin

*559Petitioners in both habeas corpus proceedings argue on appeal that the court below lacked the authority to order them to pay the fees of the attorneys for the subject children. Petitioners were directed to pay the disputed fees by the orders appointing the attorneys for the children. Petitioners did not move to vacate the orders and even made partial payments of the attorneys’ fees pursuant to the court’s directives. Petitioners voiced no challenge to the court’s authority to direct payment until months later when the attorneys for the children had already rendered their services and Douglas…