In Re the Appeal in Maricopa County Juvenile Action No. JS-4942

OPINION

OGG, Judge.

This is an appeal by Barry Paul Levine, the natural father of the juvenile. The specific question raised in this appeal is whether the father was given a proper hearing before his parental rights were severed.

The facts pertinent to a resolution of this case, as presented to the trial court, are set out below. The appellee, Ivy Leslie (Levine) Segal, the natural mother of the juvenile, initiated the case by filing a petition for termination of the parent-child relationship of Barry Paul Levine. The appellant father answered the petition and requested that an attorney be…