C. M. C. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
DueProcess
Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires effective assistance of counsel in a dependency proceeding where parental rights were terminated without demonstrating parental unfitness
1. Did Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment embody Petitioner with the effective assistance of counsel in initial dependency proceeding where appointment of counsel was not appointed, the appointed counsel was not effective through the entire litigation of the proceedings and the District Court permanently and irrevocably terminated her parental rights, adopted her child over the objections of the mother without demonstrating that Petitioner is unfit to care for her child before parental rights were terminated and the State of Texas presenting clear and convincing evidence to support their claim of parental unfitness?