In re Amias I.

Summary

The court affirmed the termination of the respondent mother's parental rights, concluding that any assumed violation of the children's right to conflict-free counsel was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. The court declined to decide whether children have a constitutional right to conflict-free representation or whether the children's differing reunification preferences required an inquiry because the trial result would have been unchanged with separate counsel. It also rejected treating the alleged error as structural or granting relief under the plain error doctrine.