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Try CasePortal for FreePer curiam, the Utah Court of Appeals finds the juvenile court properly terminated the mother’s parental rights. The record supports the statutory grounds and best interest findings for termination, and the mother does not challenge this. Instead, she says the court improperly found that she waived her right to counsel. Based on her lack of contact with counsel and her failure to meaningfully participate, the court permitted counsel to withdraw, then reappointed at the termination hearing at the mother's request. After several failures to appear and continued lack of participation, the court determined that mother waived her right to counsel. The record does not support the mother’s claim that counsel was deficient or that her right to counsel was improperly waived. Affirmed.