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BRICE v. DENTON

No. 10-01-392-CV.

135 S.W.3d 139 (2004)

Gene Olin BRICE, Appellant, v. Lisa K. DENTON, Appellee. and In the Interest of A.R.B. and B.J.B., Children.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

March 10, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene Olin Brice, Dayton, pro se.

Shelly D. Fowler, Cleburne, for appellee.

Before Chief Justice GRAY, Justice VANCE, and Justice REYNA.

OPINION

BILL VANCE, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether an indigent parent who was proceeding pro se is denied effective assistance of counsel when an attorney ad litem is a) appointed on the day of a final hearing on the petition to terminate his parental rights, b) does not request a continuance, c) does not communicate with her client, and d) proceeds to trial. We hold that he was denied effective assistance of counsel.

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