Supreme Court of Delaware

A trial court must advise parents of their right to seek court-appointed counsel and must determine whether to appoint counsel, if requested, in all parental rights termination proceedings, whether initiated by a private party or the state.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/09/2006
• Published 02/13/2006

Judges

• BERGER, Justice:, Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices, constituting the Court en banc.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• D. Benjamin Snyder, Esquire, of Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Dover, Delaware, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Glynis Gibson, Esquire (argued), and Jennifer G. Nowak, Esquire, of Gibson & Nowak, Dover, Delaware, for Appellee.