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
A court may appoint counsel for either side in a housing discrimination case.
Right to counsel
Unrepresented respondents in temporary and permanent guardianship / conservatorship establishment matters have the right to counsel.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for the subject of various civil commitment proceedings, including for minors.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel for any indigent litigant in a civil case.
Right to counsel
The Kentucky Supreme Court has found a Fourteenth Amendment due process right to counsel in civil contempt cases.
Right to counsel
The Kentucky Supreme Court found a due process and equal protection right to counsel in civil commitment cases.
Right to counsel
Indigent parents are entitled to counsel in termination of parental rights proceedings, including potentially the appeal.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
Parents are entitled to counsel in some adoption circumstances and may be provided counsel in others.
Right to counsel
Children have a right to counsel in intrafamily adoptions and where a mother seeks to relinquish custody but the father objects.
Right to counsel
Children are entitled to counsel if a "prima facie case" is made that they were abused by a parent or the parent knew of the abuse.
Right to counsel
Adults and children have a right to counsel in civil commitment proceedings.
