CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Delinquency Matters
......Right to Counsel
.........On Appeal
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Minor unable to afford counsel is entitled to free transcript in any appeal.

Minor entitled to free transcript on appeal if unable to pay attorney, without regard to financial status of parents.

Delinquency proceeding is sufficiently similar to criminal prosecution that indigent minors are entitled to appointed counsel on first appeal as of right; Wende brief properly filed here.