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 upon request for indigent parents in abuse/neglect cases.
Right to counsel
A child has a right to counsel and a GAL in abuse/neglect cases, although one person can play both roles.
Right to counsel
Indigent parents have a right to counsel upon request in termination of parental rights cases.
Right to counsel
Children have a right to an attorney ad litem in termination of parental rights proceedings.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for indigent respondents in plenary guardianship and conservatorship establishment proceedings.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for the subject of an adult protective proceeding.
Right to counsel
Minors seeking a waiver of the parental notification requirement for an abortion have a right to counsel upon request, including for the appeal.
Right to counsel
Civil commitment respondents have a right to counsel, and the court may appoint for some petitioners in substance use-related commitments.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel in sexually violent offender civil commitment proceedings, and must be informed of this right.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel for either side in a housing discrimination case.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
The Iowa Supreme Court has said the trial court has the inherent power to appoint counsel for incarcerated persons.
Iowa high court finds state EPC right to counsel
The Iowa Supreme Court held it violated equal protection to deny counsel in privately initiated termination of parental rights proceedings.
