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
The Idaho Supreme Court found a 14th Amendment right to counsel in hospitalization proceedings.
Right to counsel
Indigent respondents are entitled to counsel in involuntary or judicial admissions to mental health facilities, including counsel for an appeal.
Right to counsel
Indigent respondents have a right to counsel in sexually violent person commitments.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for people, and owners of places, subject to quarantine, except if due to sexually transmissible infection.
Right to counsel
The right to appointed counsel in guardianship proceedings is limited to contested cases where the ward makes a request for counsel.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
The court may appoint counsel for a child in a paternity proceeding.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for indigent respondent parents in dependency proceedings, including the appeal.
Right to counsel
Children in abuse and termination cases are entitled to counsel in certain circumstances.
Right to counsel
A court must, in some circumstances, appoint counsel for the estate of a DV victim, and for some minors and petitioners in DV cases.
Right to counsel – Transfer of disabled person’s property
A court must appoint a person (not necessarily an attorney) for disabled spouses where joint property is being conveyed.
No such proceeding
There is no requirement that a minor obtain parental input prior to having an abortion.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel for a minor in proceedings under the Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
