STATE, DEPT. OF FAMILY SERVICES v. CURRIER

No. S-12-0114.

295 P.3d 837 (2013)

2013 WY 16

STATE of Wyoming, DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY SERVICES, Petitioner, v. Tanya S. CURRIER and Ronnie Hauck, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

February 8, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Petitioner: Gregory A. Phillips , Wyoming Attorney General; Robin Sessions Cooley , Deputy Attorney General; Jill E. Kucera , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Jared Crecelius , Senior Assistant Attorney General.

Representing Respondents: No appearance.

Before KITE, C.J., and HILL, VOIGT, BURKE, and DAVIS, JJ.


KITE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] This Court granted the State of Wyoming, Department of Family Services' (DFS) petition for a writ of review of the district court's ruling that due process requires the state to provide an indigent party with counsel in a civil contempt proceeding for non-payment of child support when incarceration is one of the possible penalties. We conclude that appointment of counsel is not required because...

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