Father did not cite to any Wyoming authority interpreting this statute as creating a mandatory right to counsel. Instead, Father relied on a case from Colorado, People ex rel. A.R., 459 P.3d 645 (Colo.App. 2018), which interpreted a statute that is fundamentally different from Wyoming's. Colorado's statute specifically provides: "After a motion for termination of a parent-child legal relationship is filed . . . the [] parents shall be advised of the right to counsel if not already represented by counsel of record; and counsel shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of section 19-1-105...." Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-3-602(2) (2021).
Father did not cite to any Wyoming authority interpreting this statute as creating a mandatory right to counsel. Instead, Father relied on a case from Colorado, People ex rel. A.R. , 459 P.3d 645 (Colo. App. 2018), which interpreted a statute that is fundamentally different from Wyoming's. Colorado's statute specifically provides: "After a motion for termination of a parent-child legal relationship is filed ... the [ ] parents shall be advised of the right to counsel if not already represented by counsel of record; and counsel shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of section 19-1-105...."