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IN RE CHARLISSE C.

No. S152822.

45 Cal.4th 145 (2008)

In re CHARLISSE C., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent. v. SHADONNA C., Defendant and Respondent; CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER, Objector and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

October 30, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Rex S. Heinke and Seth M.M. Stodder for Objector and Appellant.

Raymond G. Former, Jr., County Counsel, and Peter Ferrera, Assistant County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

John L. Dodd, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Respondent.

John Cahill, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Minor.

William Wesley Patton as Amicus Curiae.

OPINION

CHIN, J.

We granted review in this case to determine whether the juvenile court correctly disqualified the Children's Law Center of Los Angeles (CLC) from representing Charlisse C., a minor, in this dependency action. CLC is a publicly funded, nonprofit law office that represents parties in the Los Angeles County Juvenile Dependency Court. It currently comprises three units: a core unit, known as Unit 1, and two conflict units, known...

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