This case raises the question of whether private counsel representing a minor in an appeal in a dependency matter is entitled to attorneys’ fees under the private Attorney General statute (Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5).  CSAC’s brief, drafted by Elizabeth McDonald Muniz in the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, argues that because minors are provided counsel by the courts, allowing attorneys’ fees for private counsel is not authorized by statute and creates perverse incentives that contravene the purposes of the child welfare system.