In the Interest of A.P.

WEBSTER, Judge.

In this juvenile dependency case, appellant seeks review of orders by which his three children were adjudicated dependent children and placed in foster care. Because we conclude that the proceedings in the trial court were fundamentally unfair to appellant, we reverse.

Appellant’s three children were removed from the home and placed in shelter care by the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) on or about October 1, 1991. Detention hearings were held (the transcripts of these hearings are not a part of the record), at which appellant was not represented by…