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 adult respondents at all stages of involuntary protective services proceedings.
Right to counsel
A person who successfully pursues an unemployment insurance claim has the right to appointed counsel on appeal.
Discretionary appointment of counsel – Military service member
The court may appoint counsel for a member of the military who does not appear in any civil matter.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel for any party in any civil matter.
Right to counsel
There is a due process right to counsel for guardianship cases where the guardian seeks to commit the person or make major medical decisions.
Right to counsel
The New York Court of Appeals held a committed patient has a state constitutional right to counsel to dispute treatment decisions.
Right to counsel
A New York appellate court found a due process right to counsel for involuntary hospitalization due to a communicable disease.
Right to counsel
Various New York courts have found a constitutional right to counsel in certain types of civil contempt proceedings.
Right to counsel
The New York Court of Appeals held that indigent parents have a due process and equal protection right to counsel in abuse and TPR cases.
Right to counsel – custodial guardianship of child
A lower court found a constitutional right to counsel in the proceeding to establish custodial guardianship of a child.
Right to counsel
An intermediate court held that children are constitutionally entitled to counsel in abuse/neglect cases.
Right to counsel
A few New York courts have found a due process right to counsel for respondents in paternity proceedings.
