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
There is a right to counsel for indigent defendants in civil contempt proceedings.
Right to counsel
There is a statutory right to counsel in all civil commitment proceedings.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for people directed to isolate or quarantine by the Secretary of Health in a catastrophic health emergency.
Mandatory/discretionary appointment of counsel – emergency period
A court must appoint counsel in certain proceedings during emergency periods, and may in others.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel for either side in a housing discrimination case.
Right to counsel
The Maryland Court of Appeals suggested a court may appoint counsel for a child in a paternity action in certain circumstances.
Right to counsel
A Connecticut statute guarantees counsel for indigent parent respondents in adoption proceedings.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel for the child in a dissolution proceeding.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for indigent respondents in quarantine, isolation, and vaccination proceedings.
Right to counsel
Indigent putative fathers have a right to counsel in paternity proceedings.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for indigent defendants in family law contempt cases if incarceration is a possibility.
