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CROWELL v. STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER

No. 12-2226.

845 N.W.2d 676 (2014)

Edward CROWELL, Appellee, v. STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER, Appellant. Iowa Department of Management, Plaintiff, v. Iowa District Court for Linn County, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 12, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel P. Langholz , State Public Defender, Julie A. Miller , Assistant State Public Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Jeffrey S. Thompson , Deputy Attorney General, and Meghan L. Gavin , Assistant Attorney General, for plaintiff.

Edward F. Crowell, Cedar Rapids, pro se.

APPEL, Justice.

A juvenile court ordered the State Public Defender to pay for court-appointed counsel for an indigent parent in a contested termination-of-parental-rights proceeding brought pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 600A (2013). The juvenile court concluded that although the indigent parent was not statutorily entitled to counsel at public expense, payment of the attorney's fees at public expense was constitutionally required. The district court reasoned that...

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