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
A lower court found a constitutional right to counsel for children in dependency and termination proceedings.
Right to counsel
An intermediate appellate court found a federal due process right to counsel for indigents in sexually violent predator commitment proceedings.
Right to counsel
The New Jersey Supreme Court found a constitutional right to counsel for the subjects of a civil commitment proceeding.
Right to counsel
A number of NJ intermediate courts have found that children in custody proceedings should be provided independent counsel.
Right to counsel
A lower NJ court found that minor plaintiffs in DV proceedings should be provided counsel in certain circumstances.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for persons subject to a court order of isolation or quarantine due to a threatening communicable disease.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for adults and most children in involuntary commitment proceedings.
Right to attorney ad litem
There is a right to an attorney for unrepresented adults in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, but in an ad litem role.
Right to counsel
Indigent respondents in involuntary protective matters have the right to counsel in nonemergency and renewal of ex-parte emergency order cases.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel for any indigent party in paternity cases.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel for any indigent party in a paternity proceeding.
Right to counsel
A court must appoint counsel for an indigent parent in an abuse/neglect proceeding, and can appoint even for non-indigent parents.
