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 child has a right to an attorney-GAL in an abuse or termination matter.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel for indigent parents in abuse/neglect proceedings.
Right to counsel
A court must appoint counsel for indigent parents in termination of parental rights proceedings.
Right to counsel
Indigent minors have a right to counsel in proceedings to bypass parental consent for an abortion, as do any other parties to the action.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for a person named in a petition for commitment due to tuberculosis, but not other isolation or quarantine orders.
Right to counsel
Persons subjected to a guardianship or conservatorship have a right to counsel.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for the respondent in civil commitment proceedings.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for respondents in sexually violent predator proceedings.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel for a litigant in any civil proceeding.
Right to counsel
Several Missouri courts have found a federal due process right to counsel in civil contempt proceedings.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for all indigent parties to a paternity proceeding.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for all indigent parties to a paternity proceeding, including for the appeal.
