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.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel for a child in an abuse or termination matter.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for proceedings to determine consent to sterilization.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel for a child in a private custody proceeding.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel for a child in a dissolution proceeding.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel when an indigent defendant is incarcerated for failure to pay a fine.
Right to counsel
A statute requires the court to appoint counsel as GAL for a defendant under disability, rather than staying the case.
Right to counsel
Courts must appoint an attorney-GAL for children in abuse/neglect proceedings.
Right to counsel
Courts must appoint an attorney-GAL for children in termination proceedings.
Right to counsel
Rhode Island provides a right to counsel for sex offenders objecting to community notification.
Right to counsel
A Rhode Island court held that sex offenders have a constitutional right to counsel when objecting to community notification.
Right to counsel
Sex offenders have a right to counsel in sex offender registry determinations.
Right to counsel
There is a right to appointed counsel for a sex offender in a registration classification hearing.
