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
Indigent parents have a right to counsel in contested adoption cases.
Right to counsel
Children in termination cases have a right to a lawyer-GAL in termination proceedings.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for an indigent respondent in certain paternity proceedings.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for the respondent in a civil contempt proceeding.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for tuberculosis confinement of individuals lasting more than 72 hours, but not for other kinds of quarantine.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for minors seeking to bypass the parental consent requirements for an abortion.
Right to counsel
The WI Supreme Court found a federal (and possibly state) constitutional right to counsel in civil contempt cases where the state is a party.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
The WI Supreme Court held that courts must make a case-by case determination of whether to appoint counsel in abuse/neglect cases.
Right to counsel
The WI Supreme Court held that those subjected to sexually violent person confinement have a constitutional right to counsel for their appeal.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
The WI Supreme Court held that trial courts have the inherent power to appoint counsel in any civil case.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel for the victim in a few DV scenarios.
Right to counsel
Indigent parents have a right to counsel in abuse/neglect proceedings.
