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COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. H008792.

2 Cal.App.4th 1686 (1992)

5 Cal. Rptr.2d 7

COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Respondent; DIAN L. RODRIGUEZ, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

January 29, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Steven M. Woodside, County Counsel, and Robert J. Menifee, Chief Deputy County Counsel, for Petitioner.

Hugh T. Thompson for Respondent.

Dian L. Rodriguez, in pro. per., for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

BAMATTRE-MANOUKIAN, J.

When an indigent person has been ordered to show cause why he or she should not be found in contempt and punished for alleged disobedience of an order to pay child support, and the potential punishment includes a possible jail sentence, must the county provide an attorney, at public expense, to represent the indigent citee? We hold that it must.

The Santa Clara County Superior Court ordered Robert...

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