expelled from school. *588 In an apparent effort to leave her with some other caretaker, mother had the child pack a suitcase. They traveled to Hot Springs, South Dakota. At the Fall River Feedlot, mother dropped off the child and drove away. Carrying her suitcase, J.G.R. walked into the office by herself and sat down. After half an hour, an office employee noticed the child sobbing. She had a note her mother had told her to give to "Connie," stating, "Looking for someone who cares." No one named Connie worked there. Mother knew the manager of the feedlot, but she had made no prior arrangements for the child to stay there; no one at the feedlot had prior knowledge that the child was going to be left there;and no one had any idea that they would be expected to care for the child. The child had been to the feedlot once or twice in the past. J.G.R. was taken into protective custody by the sheriff's office. Mother was eventually located six hours later, one hundred fifty miles away, in Belvidere, South Dakota.
[¶ 3.] Mother received a court appointed attorney, Rose Ann Wendell, who appeared at the advisory hearing. Wendell was replaced by private counsel, Stanley Whiting. The adjudicatory hearing was continued as a result. Later, Whiting moved to withdraw based on mother's request. Al Arendt subsequently appeared on behalf of mother at a scheduling hearing. Shortly thereafter, Arendt also moved to withdraw based on a conflict with mother. Arendt was allowed to withdraw but the