In Re Daniel H.

Sharon S. Rollo, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Chatsworth, for Minor.

The mother of Daniel H. appeals from a Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 [1] order terminating her parental rights as to Daniel and freeing him for adoption. The mother argues that: (1) the trial court failed to inquire into and make orders for sibling visitation between Daniel and his sisters, and (2) Daniel and his sisters suffered from ineffective assistance of counsel because (a) they were all represented by the same attorney despite their conflicting interests in sibling visitation, and (b) their attorney failed to pursue sibling visitation. We affirm, concluding that the mother lacks standing to raise these issues because they are all based on the minors' alleged interest in sibling visitation.

At the time these proceedings were instituted, the mother had several children, including "Sister A" (age 11), "Sister B" (age 9), "Sister C" (age 8), "Sister D" (age 6), and 6-month-old Daniel, the subject of this appeal.

On July 30, 2000, the Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) took custody of Sister A and Sister C when their mother failed to pick them up after they…