In re J.W., 57 P.3d 363, 365 (Cal. 2002)
In re J.W., 57 P.3d 363, 365 (Cal. 2002) (applying principles of statutory construction to find that Fam. Code section 7895 establishes a right to appellate counsel “for any indigent parent appealing from a judgment freeing a child from parental custody and control.”) (overruling In re Curtis S., 30 Cal. Rptr.2d 739 [Cal. Ct. App. 1994], in which court found that appellate court had no authority to appoint appellate counsel for parent challenging termination in the adoption context; reasoning that the statute provides right to appellate counsel only in situations where the child freed from parental custody was a dependent child of juvenile court; finding no equal protection violation because parents not similarly situated.).
