Civil RTC News
This page lists all of the most recent developments on civil right to counsel across the country. These could be newly created rights to counsel, significant publications, public events, advocacy efforts, or other things that don’t fit into a neat category.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for a person with tuberculosis subject to involuntary commitment, but not other isolation or quarantine orders.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for subjects of a civil commitment proceeding.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for the subject of a guardianship proceeding.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel for the child in a private custody dispute.
Right to counsel
Indigent parents have a right to counsel in abuse/neglect proceedings.
Right to counsel
Indigent parents have a right to counsel (via the public defender) in termination of parental rights cases.
Right to counsel
Children have a right to counsel (via the public defender) in termination of parental rights cases.
Discretionary appointment – Convicts, minors, or incompetent persons
Courts must appoint an attorney-GAL for an infant, incompetent person, or convict.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel (via the public defender) for indigent defendants in civil contempt proceedings.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for indigent defendants in forfeiture proceedings under the West Virginia Contraband Forfeiture Act.
Right to counsel
The West Virginia Supreme Court found a federal and state due process right to an attorney-GAL in civil commitment proceedings.
