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 in civil commitment matters, sometimes for both the petitioner and the respondent, as well as for certain minors.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for indigent persons in sexually dangerous persons proceedings.
Right to counsel
Respondents have a right to counsel in relation to establishing a guardianship/conservatorship, their sterilization, and involuntary admission.
Right to counsel
A court must appoint counsel for a minor seeking to bypass the parental notification requirements for an abortion.
Right to counsel
The KS Supreme Court found a due process right to counsel in termination cases, and later, an intermediate court pointed to inherent power.
Right to counsel
An appellate court found a federal constitutional due process right to counsel in civil contempt cases.
Right to counsel
A court has interpreted a Kentucky statute to require counsel for indigent defendants in civil contempt cases.
Right to counsel
A minor seeking to bypass the parental consent requirement for abortion has a right to counsel upon request.
Right to attorney guardian ad litem – Incarcerated persons failing to defend
A court must appoint an attorney as guardian ad litem for any incarcerated person that fails to defend against a civil action.
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.
