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COX v. SLAMA

No. C5-83-1255.

355 N.W.2d 401 (1984)

Ruthann Marie COX, petitioner, Respondent, v. Ricky Lee SLAMA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret Ann Rossing, Duluth, for appellant.

John K. Carlson, David R. Spear, Pine City, for respondent.

Rebecca H. Frederick, Minneapolis, Linda A. Olup, Edina, Joanne Thatcher Swanson, St. Paul, for MN Bar Assoc.

Thomas L. Johnson, Mark Chapin, Minneapolis, for Hennepin County.

C. Paul Jones, Mark Anderson, Minneapolis, for State Public Defender.

Jean M. Gerval, St. Paul, for MN County Attorneys Assoc.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

YETKA, Justice.

For his failure to pay child support, Ricky Lee Slama was ordered to show cause why he should not be held in contempt. Claiming indigence, Slama requested that the trial court appoint a lawyer to represent him. The trial court denied the motion; Slama appealed. The Court of Appeals certified the case to this court.

This case comes to the court on an "agreed statement of the record." The following is a narrative summation of the statement.<...

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