T. H. -H. v. Allegheny County Office of Children, Youth and Families, et al.
DueProcess Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
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 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 ; :