IN INTEREST OF Z.D.

No. 17-0123.

806 S.E.2d 814 (2017)

IN The INTEREST OF Z.D. and D.D.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: November 2, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald R. Linkous, Esq. , Mercer County Public Defenders Corporation, Princeton, West Virginia, Counsel for the Petitioner.

David B. Kelley, Esq. , The Kelley Law Firm, Bluefield, West Virginia, Guardian ad Litem.

Patrick Morrisey, Esq. , Attorney General, S. L. Evans, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for the Respondent, The Department of Health and Human Resources.


In this appeal, the Court is asked to determine whether a parent, who had court-appointed counsel in an abuse and neglect proceeding, is entitled to representation by court-appointed counsel once the abuse and neglect proceeding is dismissed and further action is brought in a domestic relations case. The petitioner father, C.D...

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