se motions for a change of venue, for a continuance, for an immediate hearing on the motions on change of venue and continuance, for an independent psychological examination of Child, for reasonable visitation, and for a subpoena to depose Child's therapist Emily Williams.
[¶ 34.] At the adjudicatory hearing on December 3, 2002, Mother appeared pro se. Mother attempted to explain why she had been unable to hire private counsel. She then requested court appointed counsel and a continuance in order to retain counsel. Mother's requests were denied. Mother's intermediate appeal of the trial adjudicating Child as abused and neglected, filed pro se, was denied by this Court on February 6, 2003.
[¶ 35.] There is no absolute constitutional right to court appointed counsel in the absence of a potentialMother did make three requests to retain new counsel. Moreover, all three requests were made shortly after her last retained lawyer withdrew, but two to three weeks before the adjudicatory hearing. Specifically, on November 13, 2002, the day before Mother was served with formal notice of attorney Arendt's withdrawal, she made a motion for change of venue "so that she [could] obtain legal counsel." (Emphasis added.) The affidavit supporting that motion explained that Mother had been unable to *597 obtain replacement counsel in the rural Winner, South Dakota area because of conflicts of interests. Then, on November 23, 2002, Mother raised the issue again, moving to continue the December 3 adjudicatory hearing so that she could "retain legal counsel." (Emphasis added.) Finally, on November 26, 2002, apparently because