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MEAD v. BATCHLOR

Docket No. 81950, (Calendar No. 6).

435 Mich. 480 (1990)

460 N.W.2d 493

MEAD v. BATCHLOR

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 28, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Hunt for the defendant.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, and Christine A. Derdarian, Assistant Attorney General, for the people.

Amici Curiae:

Paul J. Denenfeld and Paul C. Pratt for the ACLU Fund of Michigan.

Shirley J. Burgoyne for the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.

Roland C. Fancher for the Friend of the Court.

Gordon M. Bloem for Legal Aid of Western Michigan.

Dennis O. Cawthorne for Michigan Association of Counties.

Susan K. McParland (David L. Chambers, of counsel), for Michigan Legal Services.

GRIFFIN, J.

This appeal raises again the question whether an indigent defendant is constitutionally entitled to the assistance of counsel in a contempt proceeding for failure to pay child support. In Sword v Sword, 399 Mich. 367; 249 N.W.2d 88 (1976), this Court concluded that in such a civil proceeding there is no right per se to appointed counsel. In light of more recent developments...

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