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IN RE LISA M.

Docket No. A027692.

177 Cal.App.3d 915 (1986)

225 Cal. Rptr. 7

In re LISA M., a Minor. SANTA CLARA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Petitioner and Respondent, v. CECILIA M., Objector and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

January 27, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Leo Himmelsbach, District Attorney, and Robert J. Masterson, Deputy District Attorney for Petitioner and Respondent and Minor.

Frank O. Bell, Jr., State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and Michael Pescetta, Deputy State Public Defender, for Objector and Appellant.

OPINION

RACANELLI, P.J.

In this appeal we must decide whether the failure to appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the interests of a mentally retarded mother compels reversal of certain orders of the juvenile court in a dependency proceeding. For the reasons explained, we conclude the error does not require reversal.

BACKGROUND

The procedural and factual background is essentially uncontroverted: Cecilia M. is...

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