to hold appointed counsel accountable if they are ineffective). 7 . See Lassiter v. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 452 U.S. 18, 27-32, 101 S.Ct. 2153, 2159-62, 68 L.Ed.2d 640 (1981). 8 . Id. 9 . Id. at 33-34, 101 S.Ct. at 2163. 10 . Id. at 34, 101 S.Ct. at 2163. 11 . Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 107.013 (Vernon 2002). 12 . See Santosky, 455 U.S. at 753, 102 S.Ct. at 1394; see also Lassiter, 452 U.S. at 24-32, 101 S.Ct. at 2158-62; Lassiter, 452 U.S. at 37, 101 S.Ct. at 2165 (Blackmun, J. dissenting); Lassiter, 452 U.S. at 59-60, 101 S.Ct. at 2176 (Stevens, J. dissenting). 13 . 519 U.S. 102, 119, 117 S.Ct. 555, 565, 136 L.Ed.2d 473 (1996). 14 . See id. at 125, 117 S.Ct. at 568. 15 . Lassiter, 452 U.S. at 27-32, 101 S.Ct. at 2159-62. 16 . M.L.B. v. S.L.J., 519 U.S. 102, 110-11, 117 S.Ct. 555, 561 (1996) (<HOLDING>); Evitts v. Lucey, 469 U.S. 387, 401, 105 S.Ct.
recognizing that the sixth amendment guarantees a defendant the right to counsel and the right to waive counsel holding right to be fundamental holding that there is no due process right to appellate review recognizing that although the federal constitution guarantees no right to appellate review it is fundamental that once a state affords that right it must be kept free of unreasoned distinctions that can only impede open and equal access to the courts holding that the right to drive is not a fundamental right