BARBERA, Judge.
This appeal presents the question whether a court may declare a child in need of assistance ("CINA") by relying on the parties' agreed upon facts, without an on-the-record knowing and intelligent waiver by the parent of the right to a contested adjudicatory hearing. In this case, appellant, Tynetta H., was present and represented by counsel at a combined CINA adjudication and disposition hearing concerning her daughter, Blessen H. At the hearing, appellant...
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