Right to counsel
Court Rule or Initiative, Termination of Parental Rights (State) - Children
The court must appoint counsel for indigent children in termination of parental rights cases if they do not have a guardian ad litem. Wash. Rule JuCR 9.2(c)(1).
If "yes",
the established right to counsel or
discretionary appointment of counsel
is
limited
in some way, including any of: the only authority
is a
lower/intermediate court decision or a city council,
not a high court or state legislature; there
has been
a subsequent case that
has
cast doubt; a statute
is
ambiguous; or the right or discretionary appointment
is not
for all types of individuals or proceedings
within that category.
categorical
yes