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INTEREST OF B.C.

No. 19-0306.

592 S.W.3d 133 (2019)

In the INTEREST OF B.C., a Child.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: December 20, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric T. Tai , Leslie J. Capace , Mark T. Zuniga , Michael J. Knight , Jerry L. Reyes , Brenda L. Kinsler , Rebecca L. Safavi , Michael D. Becker , for Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Petitioner.

John M. Lamerson , for J.C., Respondent.

Cameron L. Brumfield , for B.C., Other interested party.

The Texas Family Code grants indigent parents the right to appointed counsel in government-initiated suits seeking to terminate parental rights. TEX. FAM. CODE § 107.013(a). When a parent claims indigence, an attorney shall be appointed if the trial court determines the parent is indigent, but the court may not hold a hearing to make that...

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