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Committee lays over technical bill to allow Office of Appellate Counsel in Training to begin operations
Summary
House File 1862, a technical bill clarifying administrative authority for the Office of Appellate Counsel in Training, was laid over after testimony from advocates who said the fix is needed so the office can hire staff and begin training attorneys for appeals in child protection cases.
House File 1862, a technical bill to clarify administrative authority for the recently created Office of Appellate Counsel in Training, was presented and laid over by the House Judiciary, Finance and Civil Law Committee on April 1.
Representative Badgett, the bill sponsor, told the committee that the office was created by last session’s House File 922 to provide appellate attorneys and training for parents appealing child-protection cases,…
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