The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed and remanded the order terminating parental rights in the L.B.M. case, holding that failure to appoint to counsel to represent the children's legal interests was structural error. This is a case in which the NACC signed on to the Amicus Brief in which it argued that in a termination of parental rights case, children are entitled to a client directed lawyer that will represent their legal interests, as opposed to the dual role of serving both their legal interest and best interest. The Court was highly divided and wrote in four separate opinions. The plurality opinion, authored by Justice Wecht and joined by Justices Dougherty and Donohue, held that: