In the Interest of S.N.W.

WIEAND, Judge:

In these dependency proceedings brought pursuant to the Juvenile Act, 1 the trial court denied a mother’s request for the appointment of counsel and required the hearing to proceed without determining whether the mother was indigent and without continuing the hearing to permit her to obtain counsel. After the child had been determined to be dependent and custody had been awarded to the Centre County Children and Youth Services (C.Y.S.), the mother appealed. She contends that the trial court erred when it required her to proceed without counsel. We agree. Therefore, we reverse…