Cases

  1. Brazell v. Fairfax County, 2008 WL 3287211 (Va. App. 2008). 

  2. G.C. v. W.J., 917 So.2d 998 (Fla. App. 2005).

  3. In re Adoption of K.L.P., 763 N.E.2d 741 (Ill. 2002).

  4. In re Adoption of Meaghan, 461 Mass. 1006, 961 N.E.2d 110 (2012).

  5. In re C.M., 166 N.H. 764, 103 A.3d 1192 (2014).

    Docs from In re C.M.:

  6. In re Curtis S. v. James S., 25 Cal.App.4th 687 (Cal. Ct. App.1994).

  7. In re G.P., 4 N.E.3d 1158 (Ind. 2014).

  8. In re I.B., 933 N.E.2d 1264 (Ind. 2010). The briefs for this case are on file with the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel.

  9. In re J.B.B., No. 09CA3335 (Ohio. App. 2011) (case dismissed as unripe). The briefs for this case are on file with the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel.

  10. In re L.I., 149 Haw. 118, 482 P.3d 1079 (2021).

  11. In re T.M., 319 P.3d 338 (Hawaii 2014).

    Docs from T.M.:

  12. In the Interest of S.A.J.B v. K.C., 679 N.W.2d 645 (Iowa 2004).

  13. In the Matter of Adoption of K.A.S., 499 N.W.2d 558 (N.D. 1993).

  14. In the Matter of the Adoption of AWS and KRS, 2014 MT 322 (2014).

  15. Lassiter v. Dept. of Social Servs., 452 U.S. 18 (1981). 

    • Brief for the American Bar Association as Amicus Curiae Supporting Petitioner, Lassiter v. Dept. of Social Servs., 1980 WL 340036 (U.S. 1981).
  16. O.A.H. v. R.L.A., 712 So.2d 4 (Fla. App. 1998).

  17. Rhine v. Deaton, 250 S.W.3d 486 (Tex. App. 2008), pet. denied (Tex. 2009), cert denied, 130 S.Ct. 357 (2010). The briefs for this case are on file with the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel.

  18. Valencia v. Texas Dep't of Family and Protective Servs, 2009 WL 5064769 (Tex. App. 2009) (unpublished).

  19. Zockert v. Fanning, 800 P.2d 773 (Or. 1990).