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
Dependent children have a right to counsel in a variety of scenarios.
Right to counsel
Indigent parents have a right to counsel "Whenever the department or a licensed child placement agency is a party to child custody proceedings."
Right to counsel
Children have a right to counsel in termination of parental rights proceedings.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
Counsel may be provided for a petitioner in a paternity action.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel for a paternity respondent.
Right to counsel
A court held that when state involvement is imminent in a custody case, the court must appoint counsel for the child.
Right to counsel
A minor has a right to counsel upon request in proceedings to dispense with parental consent for an abortion.
Right to counsel
There is a right to appointed counsel in guardianship proceedings, and the State pays if the person is indigent, but it requires a request.
Right to counsel – Consent to treatment plan
For minors and incapacitated persons, there is a right to counsel regarding consent to a treatment plan.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for respondents in civil commitment proceedings.
Right to counsel
Certain indigent elders have the right to counsel in involuntary protective cases as do indigent disabled individuals in non-emergency matters.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel in sexually dangerous person commitment proceedings.
