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

There is a right to counsel for a person subject to a petition for commitment due to tuberculosis, but not other quarantine or isolation orders.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

There is a state constitutional right to counsel for indigent parents in state-initiated cases to dispense with parental consent to adoption.

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January 1, 1970

Discretionary appointment

The Supreme Judicial Court of MA has suggested it can appoint counsel in divorce cases as a matter of due process.

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January 1, 1970

Discretionary appointment of counsel

A court may appoint counsel pursuant to a court rule for a minor who seeks to bypass the parental consent requirement for an abortion.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

All respondents have the right to counsel in mental health commitments, as do adults in substance dependency commitments

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

There is a right to appointed counsel for the subject of guardianship proceedings in certain situations.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

There is a right to counsel for individuals subject to a petition for court-ordered care, including confinement or isolation, or detention.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

In a proceeding alleging abuse or neglect and in TPR cases, the court must appoint a lawyer-guardian ad litem to represent the child.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

There is a right to counsel for indigent parents in abuse and termination of parental rights proceedings upon request.

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January 1, 1970

Discretionary appointment of counsel

A court may appoint counsel for a child in a petition for adoption after temporary placement.

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January 1, 1970

Discretionary appointment of counsel – Minor emancipation

A court may appoint counsel for the minor and/or parents if a petition to emancipate has been filed.

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January 1, 1970

Discretionary appointment of counsel

The court may appoint counsel for a parent in a third party custody dispute.

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