What did the court decide in M.L.B. v. S.L.J.?
Answered for: US
we hold that Mississippi may not withhold from M. L. B. ''a 'record of sufficient completeness' to permit proper [appellate] consideration of [her] claims.''
The Court held that a state may not condition appeal of a parental-rights termination on advance payment of record preparation fees the parent cannot afford. The sentence above is the court in its own words.
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