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IN RE J.K.

No. S-02-438.

656 N.W.2d 253 (2003)

265 Neb. 253

In re Interest of J.K., a child under 18 years of age. State of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Douglas R. Switzer and Jessica A. Kerkhofs, guardians ad litem, Appellants, and William K. and Constance K., adoptive parents of child, and Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 31, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas R. Switzer and Jessica A. Kerkhofs, of Nebraska Legal Services, guardians ad litem for J.K., pro se.

Marian G. Heaney, of Nebraska Legal Services, for appellants.

James S. Jansen, Douglas County Attorney, and James M. Masteller for appellee State of Nebraska.

Hendry, C.J., Wright, Connolly, Gerrard, Stephan, McCormack, and Miller-Lerman, JJ.

CONNOLLY, J.

The separate juvenile court of Douglas County adjudicated J.K. under Neb.Rev. Stat. § 43-247(3)(a) (Cum.Supp.2002). J.K.'s guardians ad litem argue that J.K. was entitled to separate counsel under Neb.Rev.Stat. § 43-272(3) (Cum.Supp. 2002). This section provides in part, "A guardian ad litem shall act as his or her own counsel and as counsel for the juvenile, unless there are special reasons in a particular case why the guardian ad litem or...

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