Legal Opinion
M. L. B. v. S. L. J.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 16, 1996No. 95-853PublishedCited by 619 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
By order of a Mississippi Chancery Court, petitioner M. L. B.’s parental rights to her two minor children were forever terminated. M. L. B. sought to appeal from the termination decree, but Mississippi required that she pay in advance record preparation fees estimated at $2,352.36. Because M. L. B. lacked funds to pay the fees, her appeal was dismissed.
was Urging that the size of her pocketbook should not be dis-positive when “an interest far more precious than any property right” is at stake, Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U. S. 745, *107758-759 (1982), M. L. B. tenders this question, which we…
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