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.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
An appellate court held that trial courts have the inherent authority to appoint counsel in an adoption proceeding.
Right to counsel
Children have a right to appointed counsel in truancy proceedings, which are treated as a CHINS matter.
Right to counsel
Indigent Hawaii children have a right to appointed counsel upon request in truancy proceedings.
Right to counsel
A child's right to counsel in truancy proceedings depends on the age of the child.
Right to counsel
There is a right to appointed counsel for children in truancy proceedings (which are handled as truant minor in need of supervision matters).
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for children in truancy matters (which are handled as delinquency).
No such proceeding
Only parents in Iowa can be prosecuted for truancy, not children.
Right to attorney guardian ad litem
A child has the right to an attorney guardian ad litem in truancy proceedings (which are treated as child in need of care matters).
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for indigent children in truancy (treated as a status offense) and a right for all children facing detention.
Right to counsel
Children have a right to counsel in truancy cases (which are treated as family in need of supervision matters).
Right to counsel
There is no right to counsel for initial truancy proceedings, but rather only for some matters relating to violation of a truancy court order.
No such proceeding
In Maine, truancy matters are handled outside of court, except potentially against the parent.
