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.

January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

The Alaska Supreme Court has said that indigent parents have a state constitutional right to counsel in termination of parental rights cases.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

The Alaska Supreme Court held that indigent parents have a state constitutional right to counsel in contested adoption cases.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

The Alaska Supreme Court found a state constitutional due process right to counsel for indigent defendants in state-initiated paternity cases.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

The Alaska Supreme Court found a state constitutional due process right to counsel for involuntary commitment.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

The Alaska Supreme Court found a state and federal due process right to counsel for indigent defendants in nonsupport civil contempt cases.

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January 1, 1970

Discretionary appointment of counsel

The Alaska Sup. Ct. held that a court can appoint counsel for indigent claimants in civil forfeiture proceedings in certain circumstances.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

There is a right to counsel for individuals and groups subject to an order of isolation or quarantine.

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January 1, 1970

Right to Counsel

Persons have the right to counsel in guardianship/conservatorship establishment matters and likely in certain conservatorship termination cases.

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January 1, 1970

No such proceeding

It appears that protective services may only be offered to the adult.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

Indigent defendant parents have a right to counsel in a variety of abuse/neglect proceedings.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

Indigent parents have a right to counsel in termination of parental rights proceedings.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

Indigent nonconsenting parents have a right to counsel in privately initiated termination proceedings.

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