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In re Christopher L.

Ruling by

Goodwin H. Liu

Lower Court

California Courts of Appeal

Lower Court Judge

Frances Rothschild
Proceeding with a jurisdiction and disposition hearing without appointing counsel for child's parent nor for providing for his presence at the hearing was not the "miscarriage of justice" required to reverse the decision as a structural error.



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