Title: Kelly Flannery v. Arkansas Department of Human Services
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 06-1081
State: Arkansas
Issuer: Arkansas Supreme Court
Date: November 9, 2006

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. 06-1081 KELLY FLANNERY, APPELLANT, VS. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, APPELLEE, Opinion Delivered DECEMBER 14, 2006 MOTION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS; MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL MOTIONS GRANTED. PER CURIAM In Flannery v. Arkansas Department of Health & Human Services, ___ Ark. ___, ___ S.W.3d ___ (Nov. 9, 2006) (per curiam), this court granted Kelly Flannery’s motion to file a belated appeal of an order terminating his parental rights. Flannery, who is currently incarcerated in the Arkansas Department of Correction, now seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis and requests this court to appoint counsel to represent him in his appeal. Attached to his motion is an affidavit setting forth that Flannery is indigent and without means to obtain private counsel. We hold that Flannery is indigent and, therefore, appoint Maxine Isaacs to represent him in connection with this appeal. See Linker-Flores v. Arkansas Dep’t of Human Servs., 356 Ark. 369, 149 S.W.3d 884 (2004) (per curiam) (holding that an indigent parent has the right to counsel on appeal). Motions granted.