Opinion ID: 1655438
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Heading: the trial court erred when it failed to conduct an indigency hearing when the parents' attorney withdrew from the case for lack of payment of a fee.

Text: ¶ 31. We note that both the mother and father had hired attorneys in the past. The parents had filed two motions for continuance and were thus familiar with court procedures. After their attorney commented in the parents' presence concerning their inability to raise the funds to pay him for representation, and after advising them he would not be able to represent them absent payment, they made no claim of indigence. They indicated they were prepared to proceed and produced five witnesses. They proceeded to trial without raising the issue of representation. As the parents failed to raise the issue before the trial court, it may not be considered on appeal to this Court. See In re B.D., 720 So.2d 476 (Miss.1998). This issue is without merit.