Debtor's Prison (Including Child Support Contempt) - Cases
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In re Custody of Halls (Halls v. Arden), 109 P.3d 15 (Wash. App. 2005).
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Docs from the Halls case:
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Liming v. Damos, Slip Copy, 2011 WL 2225067 (Ohio App. 2011).
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Miller v. Deal, NO. 2011CV198121 (Ga. Sup. Ct. 2011), class cert reversed, Deal v. Miller, -- S.E.2d ----, 2013 WL 1137007 (Ga.App. 2013), review granted, Miller v. Deal, NO. S13G1197 (Ga. 2013).
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Case briefs and other documents are at https://www.schr.org/childsupport.
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Rhonda Cook, Lawsuit: State Should Provide Lawyers for Delinquent Child Support Payers, Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Mar. 22, 2011), available at http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/lawsuit-state-should-provide-lawyers-for-delinquen/nQrqb/.
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Turner v. Rogers (Price), 2011 WL 2437010 (U.S. 2011).
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Associated Press, Supreme Court Rejects 'Civil Gideon', Maryland Daily Record (June 20, 2011), available at http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/06/20/supreme-court-rejects-%E2%80%98civil-gideon%E2%80%99/.
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Associated Press, Supreme Court Rules Rights Violated in Jailing Over Child Support, New York Times (June 20, 2011).
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Kimberly Atkins, Right to Counsel in Civil Cases? Recent Supreme Court Case Opens the Door, Experts Say, LawyersUSA (August 30, 2011).
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Andrew Cohen, Turner's Trumpet: Child Support and the Right to Counsel, The Atlantic (June 21, 2011), available at http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/06/turners-trumpet-child-support-and-the-right-to-counsel/240753/.
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Concurring Opinions, Turner v. Rogers Online Symposium (June 2011), available at http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/category/symposium-turner-v-rogers.
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Albert S. Dandridge, Supreme Court Spotlight: The Positive Aspects of Turner v. Rogers, Upon Further Review (July 6, 2011), available at http://uponfurtherreview.philadelphiabar.org/page/Article?articleID=d8e5d1c2-402e-458c-b92c-d6f6c1c23386#.
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Editorial, Legal Help for Indigent Parents, New York Times (June 26, 2011), available at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/opinion/27mon4.html?_r=1&ref=opinion.
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William Honrath, U.s. Supreme Court Rules 'No' on Right to Appointed Counsel Can Wisconsin Say 'Yes' To the Court's 'No'?, 31 Wis. J. Fam. L. 47 (2011).
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David Ingram, Court Rejects Right to Counsel in Civil Contempt Cases, National Law Journal (June 20, 2011), available at http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202497942392.
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Nathan Koppel, SCOTUS: Civil Litigants Do Not Have Automatic Right to Counsel, Wall Street Journal Law Blog (June 21, 2011), available at http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/06/21/scotus-civil-litigants-do-not-have-automatic-right-to-counsel/.
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Adam Liptak, Court Issues Split Ruling on Poor's Right to Counsel, New York Times (June 20, 2011), available at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/us/politics/21contempt.html.
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Jordan Margolis, "If You Are Unable to Afford An Attorney, One Will NOT Be Appointed for You", InjuryBoard BlogNetwork (Sept. 5, 2011), available at http://cookcounty.injuryboard.com/miscellaneous/if-you-are-unable-to-afford-an-attorney-one-will-be-not-appointed-for-you.aspx?googleid=293984.
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Joy Moses, Families Lose in Child Support Case, Center for American Progress (June 22, 2011), available at http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/poverty/news/2011/06/22/9862/families-lose-in-child-support-case/.
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Stephanie Rabiner, Supreme Court: Deadbeat Dads Have No Right to Counsel,, FindLaw (June 22, 2011), available at http://blogs.findlaw.com/decided/2011/06/supreme-court-deadbeat-dads-have-no-right-to-counsel.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FindlawNews-TopStories+%28FindLaw+News+-+Top+Stories%29.
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Mark Walsh, A Sour Note From Gideon's Trumpet, ABA Journal (Sept. 1, 2011), available at http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/a_sour_note_from_gideons_trumpet/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=ABA+Journal+Magazine+Stories.
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Debra Cassens Weiss, Supreme Court Finds No Automatic Right to Counsel in Child Support Contempt Proceedings, ABA Journal (June 20, 2011), available at http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/supreme_court_finds_no_automatic_right_to_counsel_in_child_support_contempt.