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OTTON v. ZABORAC

No. 2050.

525 P.2d 537 (1974)

Dewey L. OTTON, Appellant, v. Stanley ZABORAC, Superintendent of South-Central Regional Correctional Institute, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 19, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Scott Evans, John E. Reese, Anchorage, for appellant.

Gerald W. Markham, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and CONNOR, ERWIN, BOOCHEVER and FITZGERALD, JJ.

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

The question presented in this appeal is whether an indigent person faced with a civil contempt proceeding for nonpayment of child support is entitled to court-appointed counsel.1

Esther Otton obtained a decree of divorce from appellant Dewey Lee Otton on July 16, 1968. She also was awarded custody of the three children of the marriage. Under the decree appellant was required to make support payments...

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