"Even though you are paying for the attorney, your daughter is the client and it's the attorney's 'job' to act in the best interests of his/her client."
I know what you mean here, but as we all know on this message board, the "best interests" of a child is a matter of opinion. I would say that a better way to say it is the way Lawmoe said it above: "from the client's perspective".
Yes, I did notice that the term "Dismiss" was not used, so I am not sure. Would there need to be a HEARING for the withdrawal of an attorney?
I would have also thought that I should be able to determine representation since I am the parent, but who knows? I would think that I should be able to keep anyone who I believe may be giving my daughter poor advice away from her. How can she represent my daughter if she can't speak to my daughter? She hasn't spoken to my daughter since October 2005. I know my daughter is entitled to representation, but is it true that only the child can remove the attorney?