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
The Wisconsin Supreme Court held there is a constitutional right to counsel for indigent respondents in civil commitment cases.
Right to counsel
The state high court has found a right to counsel for a committed person seeking to be released.
Right to counsel
A court rule provides a right to counsel when incarceration is threatened for failure to pay criminal fines and fees.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel in mental health- and substance dependency-related involuntary treatment matters, at least for adults.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A public defender in a criminal case may represent the defendant in a related forfeiture proceeding.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for adults subject to involuntary mental health-related treatment.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A federal law says that the U.S. Attorney shall represent Native Americans, but it has been interpreted to be discretionary.
Right to counsel
Children have a right to counsel for adoptions conducted under the Juvenile Code, but it is discretionary under the Adoption Code.
Right to counsel
A federal court held that people in Alabama being civilly committed have a federal constitutional right to counsel.
Legislation
A court must appoint counsel in a hearing on whether to appoint a Special Medicaid Representative.
Right to counsel
A lower court suggested that a parent has a right to counsel when voluntarily surrendering parental rights.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
The New Hampshire Supreme Court has said that appointment of counsel in the civil debt context is on a case-by-case basis.
