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    "judges": [
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\nMotion of Linda Ward for attorney\u2019s fees is granted. Attorney\u2019s fee approved in the amount of $1,200.00. See Walters v. Dep\u2019t of Human Servs., 83 Ark. App. 85, 118 S.W.3d 134.",
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        "text": "Andree Layton Roaf, Judge,\nconcurring. I concur that this motion for attorney\u2019s fees should be granted, in keeping with Walters v. Dep\u2019t of Human Servs., 83 Ark. App. 85, 118 S.W.3d 134 (2003). I write only to address an issue that has arisen since our decision in Walters. Indigent parents are entitled to appointed counsel \u201cat all stages of the proceedings in parental termination cases,\u201d see Ark. Code Ann. \u00a7 9-27-316(h)(l) (Supp. 2003); Brown v. Arkansas Dep\u2019t of Human Servs., 330 Ark. 497, 954 S.W.2d 270 (1997). However, unlike with respect to indigent criminal appellants, this court to date has not been appropriated any funds by the General Assembly for payment of attorney\u2019s fees for appeals in parental-termination cases.\nAlthough the volume of appeals from parental termination does not begin to approach the number of criminal appeals filed in this court, we have experienced an increase in such appeals since our decision in Walters. This has resulted in a grossly disparate method of awarding compensation to attorneys who represent indigent criminal appellants, all of whom are paid approximately the same modest flat fee, regardless of the complexity of the case, from funds appropriated to this court. This disparity in the treatment of counsel appointed by this court should be rectified at the earliest opportunity by this court and the General Assembly.\nGriffin, J., joins.",
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    "head_matter": "Frankie COBBS v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES\nCA 04-31\n190 S.W.3d 274\nCourt of Appeals of Arkansas En Banc\nOpinion delivered September 1, 2004\nLinda Ward, for appellant.\nGray Turner, Office of Chief Counsel, for appellee."
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