In Re Carrington H.

*540SHARON G. LEE, C.J.,

with whom GARY R. WADE, J., joins, concurring in part and dissenting in part.

The Court has decided that an indigent parent has the right to assistance of counsel — but not the right to effective assistance of counsel — in a parental termination proceeding. I believe that the vast majority of lawyers provide competent representation as required by our Rules of Professional Conduct. See Tenn. Sup.Ct. R. 8, RPCs 1.1 & 1.3. But in those rare situations where a lawyer makes a mistake or fails to do his or her duty to such an extent that the termination proceeding is not…