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IN RE KRISTIN H.

Docket Nos. H014212, H014894.

46 Cal.App.4th 1635 (1996)

In re KRISTIN H., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. SANTA CLARA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. KIMBERLY I., Defendant and Appellant. In re KIMBERLY I. on Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

July 1, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Enid Evans Baggett, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

George W. Kennedy, District Attorney, Robert J. Masterson and Jeff Bryson, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

BAMATTRE-MANOUKIAN, J.

An indigent parent in a dependency proceeding has a right to appointed counsel where out-of-home placement of the child is an issue. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 317.)1 Effective January 1, 1995, section 317.5 has been added to the code. It provides that parties who are represented by counsel at dependency proceedings "shall be entitled to competent counsel." Today we...

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