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
A court rule goes beyond the statute and guarantees counsel for indigent parents in abuse/neglect cases.
Right to counsel
Indigent parents are entitled to counsel in termination of parental rights cases upon request, and are entitled to be notified of this right.
Right to counsel
Indigent persons have a right to counsel in sterilization proceedings.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
The court may provide for paid counsel for either side in domestic violence cases in certain circumstances.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
The court may provide for paid counsel for either side in DV cases in certain circumstances.
Right to counsel
The court must provide counsel for a minor seeking to bypass the parental consent requirement for abortion.
Right to counsel
The Idaho Supreme Court found a 14th Amendment right to counsel in hospitalization proceedings.
Right to counsel
Indigent respondents are entitled to counsel in involuntary or judicial admissions to mental health facilities, including counsel for an appeal.
Right to counsel
Indigent respondents have a right to counsel in sexually violent person commitments.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for people, and owners of places, subject to quarantine, except if due to sexually transmissible infection.
Right to counsel
The right to appointed counsel in guardianship proceedings is limited to contested cases where the ward makes a request for counsel.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
The court may appoint counsel for a child in a paternity proceeding.
