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TETRO v. TETRO

Nos. 43479, 43657.

86 Wn.2d 252 (1975)

544 P.2d 17

ELEANOR TETRO, Respondent, v. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE TETRO, JR., Appellant. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, on the Relation of Linda M. Smith, Respondent, v. EDWARD SCOLLARD, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 18, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Coombs, Norman R. McNulty, Jr., and Christopher John Sheldon of Spokane County Legal Services, for appellant.

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and Garry E. Wegner, Assistant, for respondent.

Sidney E. Wurzburg and Jeffrey H. Hartje, amici curiae, on behalf of Gonzaga University School of Law.

UTTER, J.

This consolidated appeal and petition for certiorari raise the question of the right to appointed counsel of indigent persons charged with contempt for noncompliance with a child support order. Appellant Napoleon Bonaparte Tetro, Jr., was sentenced to 30 days in jail for failing to make court-ordered support payments, in a summary hearing at which he was not advised of any right to have an attorney appointed to...

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