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Laws concerning representation of children are related to a larger set of laws which govern all vulnerable persons not wholly able to make judgments about their own welfare. When the vulnerable person is a child, the court may appoint an attorney to represent the child (the "minors' counsel"), and/or the court may appoint a paid professional or trained volunteer advocate for this purpose. The duties of these advocates overlap in most respects, but the minors' counsel has the widest scope of power and responsibility. Payment for the minors' counsel must not seem to favor either side, and in...

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