No. 18-6997

T. H. -H. v. Allegheny County Office of Children, Youth and Families, et al.

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2018-12-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment involuntary-termination parental-rights right-to-counsel
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

May a State, consistent with the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment, condition the statutorily granted right to counsel representing the legal interest of a party on the party's ability to satisfactorily verbalize their preferred outcome in a contested involuntary termination of parental rights proceeding?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. May a State, consistent with the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment, condition the statutorily granted right to counsel representing the legal interest of a party on the party’s ability to satisfactorily verbalize their preferred outcome in a contested involuntary termination of parental rights proceeding? : 5 ; O ; :

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-10
Waiver of right of respondents J.G., R.G. to respond filed.
2019-01-08
Waiver of right of respondent Allegheny County Office of Children, Youth and Families to respond filed.
2018-11-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 10, 2019)

Attorneys

Allegheny County Office of Children, Youth and Families
Melaniesha L. J. AbernathyCYF Adoption Legal Unit, Respondent
J.G., R.G.
David R. FineK & L Gates LLP, Respondent
T. H. -H.
Catherine VolponiAllegheny County Bar Foundation Juvenile Court Project, Petitioner