WPCz 7簽*OJn[&c}k4eJ=BӍ++,qG'Fz :~j3CzvY gg'۟̓_mAQ궠xÙ:"ip*ڡGŁxQz2~1:M\H6vw'=B}\NX&fYd'* SV{m?o *afW?ڔ΍\ =@ )@ S1*| I航]~/)Dm{QI tNmLf!w뿐3͵GRdki mg锕r Y9p%6l"~mItJwyP}dQDP.$ ok<ő\# :d?|u\gJT#ŝ/j!L]cٹNkζ|lp`"6F35p|9|v ycK̘v3n #UN % 0Y^ ,w84<P_ maNxHP LaserJet 1200 Series PCL,,,,0(9 Z6Times New Roman RegularX(1$OXXUSUS.,9m5 |t/5:i+003|xU !wXXUSUS.,  _ IV.0  THEMINORSCOUNSELHADANUNAVOIDABLECONFLICTOF  INTERESTBYREPRESENTINGTHETHREECHILDRENWITH  DIVERGENTINTERESTSANDNEEDS(#(#    Reversalisalsorequiredinthiscasebecauseminorscounselhadanunavoidable  conflictofinterestrepresenting_Alisha_,Brandon,and_Tristen_.     Atrialcourthasadutytomakeanassessmentwhenmadeawareofapotential   conflictofinterest.(Woodv.Georgia(1981)450U.S.261,272.)Afailuretoexplore   whetheraconflictofinterestexistsinsuchasituationdemandsreversalandremand.(Id.,   atp.273.)Appellanthasstandingtoraisethisissue.(InreElizabethM.(1991)232   _Cal.App_.3d553,565[fatherhadstandingtoasserthischildsrighttoindependent  counsel,becauseindependentrepresentationofthechildrensinterestsimpactsuponthe  fathersinterestintheparentchildrelationship].)    Here,thecourtappointedasingleattorneytorepresentagroupofchildrenwith  verydifferinginterests....[discussionoffactualdistinctionsinthechildrensinterests].    Eachminorwasstatutorilyentitledtoappointedcounselwhowasfreeofactual  conflict.(317,_subd_.(c);InreCandidaS.(1992)7_Cal.App_.4th1240,1252.)An   attorneymaynotrepresentsiblingsinadependencyproceedingwhenthereisanactual " conflictofinterestamongthem.(Carrollv.SuperiorCourt(2002)101_Cal.App_.4th $  1423,1431;InreCandidaS.,supra,atp.1252.)Indeed,if anactualconflictofinterest &!" betweentheminorsarises,theattorneyisobligedtowithdrawfromrepresentingthe (#$ clients[citation]andthecourtisrequiredtorelievetheattorneyandappointnew *%& counsel.(Carrollv.SuperiorCourt,supra,atp.1428,citingCal.RulesofProf. ,'( Conduct,rule3310(C)(2).)    AlthoughappellantcontendstheChapmanreviewforprejudiceapplies,theerror  herewasnotharmless,evenunderWatson.Thereisareasonableprobabilitythe  outcomewouldhavebeendifferentbutfortheerror.AstheSupremeCourthasmade   clear,underWatson, aprobabilityinthiscontextdoesnotmeanmorelikelythannot,   butmerelyareasonablechance,morethananabstractpossibility.[Citations.](College   Hospital,Inc.v.SuperiorCourt(1994)8Cal.4th704,715,emphasisinoriginal.)     Here,asalreadydiscussed,theminorsdidhaveadverseinterests,buttheprejudice  liesinthefactthatthesewereofsuchaqualitythatcounselcouldnotstronglyadvocate  fortheinterestsofonewithouteffectivelyunderminingtheinterestsoftheother.For  example,...[factualdiscussion].    TheerrorwasmadethatmuchmoreprejudicialbythefailureoftheDepartment,  theminorscounsel,andthecourttodischargetheirstatutorilymandateddutiesto  considerthewishesofthechildrenastoseriousissueswhichwouldaffectthemforever.  InAdoptionofJacobC.(1994)25_Cal.App_.4th617,anondependencyterminationof   parentalrightscase,thecourtfailedtoappointanindependentcounselforminorsand " failedtoconductanincamerainterviewwiththeolderofthechildren.TheCourtof $  Appealheld: Thetrialcourtsfailuretoconductthisinterviewmakesitmorelikelythat &"" theabsenceofindependentcounselprejudicedtheinterestsoftheminors.(Id.,atp. ($$ 626.)Thecourtreasonedthatchildrenshouldhaveindependentcounseltoexplainthe *&& consequencesofadoptionandterminationofparentalrights: Theviewsofachildof ,(( theageofJacobmaybeinvaluabletothecourtinarrivingatanappropriatedisposition.  Fortheseviewstobemeaningful,itisimperativethatthechildhasareasonable  understandingofhowtherightsandresponsibilitiesoftheinterestedpartieswillbe  affected,shouldthepetitionbegranted.Thecourtconcludedthat   8  ...thebestinterestsofthechildrenareparamount,andthisrequiresthat   theyberepresentedbyindependentcounselinthisunusualproceedingof   suchimportancetotheirfutures.Wemustthereforeremandfor   appointmentofcounselfortheminors,andarehearingontheissues   presentedbythepetitionswiththeparticipationofcounsel.      (JacobC.,supra,25_Cal.App_.4thatp.626.)    ForthesamereasonssetforthinJacobC.,thiscourtshouldreverseandremand  foranewhearingwithindependentcounselforthe_minors._