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PUBLIC DEFENDER v. DIST CT. FOR POLK CTY.

No. 04-0981.

721 N.W.2d 570 (2006)

STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR POLK COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 8, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Becker, State Public Defender, and Julie Miller, Assistant State Public Defender, for plaintiff.

Linda Channon Murphy, Des Moines, for defendant.

TERNUS, Justice.

The plaintiff, state public defender, challenges a district court order that required the state public defender to pay the fees of attorneys appointed as guardians ad litem for parents in several child-in-need-of-assistance (CINA) and termination-of-parental-rights (TPR) cases. He claims the statutes specifying costs payable from the indigent defense fund administered by his office do not authorize the use of this fund to compensate attorneys appointed...

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