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L.W. v. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND REHAB. SERV.

No. 95-2932.

695 So.2d 724 (1996)

L.W., Natural Mother of D.W. and T.W., Minors, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES and City of Jacksonville, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 23, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah H. Schroth, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Jacksonville, for Appellant.

Fred D. Franklin, Jr., General Counsel, and J. Clay Meux, Jr., Assistant General Counsel, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Jacksonville, for Appellees.

Raymond I. Booth, III, Jacksonville, for Amicus Curiae, Public Interest Law Section of The Florida Bar.

Noel G. Lawrence, Jacksonville, Chair-Elect, Public Interest Law Section.

JOANOS, Judge.

We are asked to review the denial of attorney's fees and costs to an indigent parent for her defense of a juvenile dependency proceeding. The issue is whether counsel should be appointed to represent indigent participants in juvenile dependency proceedings, where the allegations of the petition for dependency raise a substantial likelihood that the indigent participant would be unable to speak effectively for himself or herself. We conclude that counsel...

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