CABINET FOR HUMAN RESOURCES v. HOWARD


705 S.W.2d 935 (1985)

CABINET FOR HUMAN RESOURCES, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Appellant, v. Stephanie HOWARD, an Infant; Teresa Howard, an Infant; Shannon Howard, an Infant; James Hayes, an Infant; Antonio Hayes, an Infant; Octavia Hayes, an Infant; Latasha Terry, an Infant; Dewayne Terry, (Jr.), an Infant; Johnny Howard; Laverne Hayes; Hon. Patricia A. Mertens; Hon. Barbara Eidson; Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government; Charles Wayne Johnson, an Infant: Daniel Johnson, an Infant; William Johnson, an Infant; Janet Foster; and Hon. Barbara Ann Hunter, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

As Modified February 7, 1986.

Discretionary Review Denied and Opinion Ordered Published by Supreme Court April 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Hughes Walker, William K. Moore, Frankfort, for appellant.

Thomas Conn, Janice Porter, Patricia A. Mertens, Barbara Eidson, Barbara A. Hunter, Edward Gardner, Janice Porter, Lexington, for appellees.

Before HAYES, Chief Judge, and HOWARD and WHITE, JJ.


HOWARD, Judge.

This case arises from an assessment of fees for court-appointed attorneys and guardians ad litem in dependency actions against the Cabinet for Human Resources.

The action at bar is a consolidation of twelve separate juvenile dependency actions brought under KRS 208.020(1)(d) in Fayette District Court. The attorneys in these cases were appointed as either guardians ad litem or simply as counsel for the parents of the children involved. At the...

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