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 can or must appoint counsel for those in the military in certain situations.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for an alleged father in a paternity proceeding.
Right to counsel
Adults have the right to counsel as do children who are either indigent or whose chosen attorney is unavailable or unwilling to represent them.
Right to counsel: service by publication
A court must appoint counsel for a defendant who is served by publication and does not answer.
Right to counsel – Certain defendants
A court must appoint counsel for certain types of unrepresented defendants.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court rule permits a court to appoint counsel for a child in a termination of parental rights proceeding.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel for either party in a housing discrimination case.
Right to counsel
An adult has a right to appointed counsel prior to the imposition of involuntary emergency protective services.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint an attorney for a minor in judicial bypass proceedings in certain circumstances.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel in adult protective proceedings regardless of indigence.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for any case in which imprisonment is "likely to be adjudged."
Discretionary appointment of counsel
Courts may appoint counsel for parents in CHIPS cases.
