Whether a State may condition appeals from termination of parental rights on a parent's ability to pay appeal fees when the parent's income is half of the federal poverty level and dismiss the appeal without proper notice

QUESTION PRESENTED In a State that provides appeals as a matter of right from adverse lower court decisions terminating parental rights, may the States, consistent with the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment, condition those appeals upon a parent's ability to pay appeal fees when the parents’ income is half of the federal poverty level and may the State dismiss the appeal without proper notice?