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.

May 2, 2024

S2758

Provides that criminal defendant represented by public defender shall be represented in any related forfeiture matter; also provides RTC to indigent non criminal defendant owners

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May 2, 2024

H1615

Replaced by SB 2758. Provides RTC to property owners in civil forfeiture matters brought by individuals

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May 2, 2024

S2923

Creating a "civil right to full legal representation for eligible individuals in an eviction action".

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May 1, 2024

HB363

Adding mandatory appointment of counsel for children in CINA cases who have been placed in an acute psychiatric hospital and renumbering other provisions of CINA Rule 12 pertaining to mandatory and discretionary appointment for kids.

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April 30, 2024

HB2017

Permissive appointment of attorney, GAL, or "other representative" for children in family law arbitrations

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April 30, 2024

HB2380

Providing a right to counsel to indigent defendants in criminal forfeiture matters

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April 30, 2024

HB2381

Replacing the right to an attorney GAL with the right to a client directed attorney for children in abuse, TPR, and truancy cases.

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April 30, 2024

HB2772

Provides a right to counsel to indigent parents and Indian custodians in child welfare matters involving Indian children; also provides that the court may appoint counsel or a GAL for an Indian child upon finding that the appointment would be in the child's best interests.

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April 30, 2024

HF3567

Enacting "Uniform Parentage Act" and providing that the court shall appoint "an attorney, guardian ad litem, or similar person" for a child in a parentage matter "if the court finds that the interests of the child are not adequately represented."

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April 30, 2024

S2417

Provides RTC to tenants in eviction matters who cannot afford counsel and who have children living in the property

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April 30, 2024

AB777

Repeals parental consent requirement for minor's abortion thereby negating the need for a RTC in bypass of consent matter

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April 26, 2024

H4600

Proposes $2.5 million appropriation to the Mass. Legal Assistance Corp. for the implementation of an eviction access to counsel pilot program

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