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 respondents in sexually violent predator proceedings.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel for a litigant in any civil proceeding.
Right to counsel
Several Missouri courts have found a federal due process right to counsel in civil contempt proceedings.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for all indigent parties to a paternity proceeding.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for all indigent parties to a paternity proceeding, including for the appeal.
Right to counsel
Indigent parents have a right to representation by the public defender in abuse/neglect proceedings.
Right to counsel
Indigent parents have a right to representation by the public defender in termination of parental rights proceedings.
Right to counsel
There is a right to representation by the public defender in various types of civil commitment proceedings.
Right to counsel
Minors seeking to waive the parental consent requirement for an abortion have a right to counsel, but the consent provision has been enjoined.
Right to counsel – Conservatorship matters
There is a discretionary appointment of counsel in guardianship establishment cases and mandatory appointment in conservatorship matters.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
The Arkansas Supreme Court has approved the appointment of counsel in guardianship cases pursuant to inherent authority.
Right to counsel
A Kansas appellate court suggested that putative fathers have a due process right to counsel in stepparent adoption cases.
