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 – Release of confined person’s medical records

indigent mental hospital inpatients have a right to counsel for hearings on release of their mental health records for investigative purposes.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

A court must arguably appoint counsel for respondents in certain involuntary treatment proceedings.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

A statute guarantees counsel for indigent respondents in adult protective proceedings.

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January 1, 1970

Discretionary appointment of counsel

A court may appoint counsel for a respondent in a guardianship proceeding.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

A court must appoint counsel, paid for by the county, for a minor seeking to bypass parental consent for an abortion, including for the appeal.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

There is a right to counsel for indigent individuals subject to a court order of quarantine, isolation, or testing for communicable disease.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

Various statutes guarantee counsel for indigent parents in termination of parental rights proceedings, including appeals.

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January 1, 1970

Discretionary appointment of counsel – Parents in juvenile proceedings generally

The court has the discretionary power to appoint counsel for the parent in “any other [juvenile] proceeding.”

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January 1, 1970

Discretionary appointment of counsel

The court may appoint counsel for a child in a termination of parental rights proceeding.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

The intermediate court found that the statutory right to counsel in termination of parental rights cases extends to adoptions.

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January 1, 1970

Discretionary appointment of counsel

The trial court has discretion to appoint counsel for any indigent litigant in civil cases in certain circumstances.

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January 1, 1970

Discretionary appointment of counsel

An appellate court found that due process might require counsel for an indigent litigant in an adoption proceeding.

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