Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. Shadonna C.

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 as Units 2 and 3. Unit 3 undertook to represent Charlisse in this action, which arose when a juvenile dependency petition was filed under Welfare and…