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.

January 1, 1970

Discretionary appointment of counsel

A court may appoint counsel for an indigent party in paternity or maternity proceedings.

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January 1, 1970

Discretionary appointment of counsel

A court may appoint counsel for an indigent party in paternity or maternity proceedings.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

The court must appoint counsel for the respondent in a civil commitment proceeding.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

The court must appoint counsel for the respondent in a civil commitment proceeding.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

There is a right to counsel for a person or group subject to quarantine due to a communicable disease.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

The court must appoint counsel for a minor seeking to bypass the parental notification requirement for an abortion at one stage of the process.

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January 1, 1970

Discretionary appointment of counsel

The Nevada Supreme Court adopted a case-by-case approach to appointment of counsel in civil contempt proceedings under the federal constitution.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

An indigent parent has a right to counsel upon request in termination of parental rights proceedings, and must be notified of this right.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

In adoption proceedings, the petitioner must pay the reasonable legal fees of the birth parents.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

There is a right to counsel for an indigent subject of a civil commitment proceeding.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

There is a right to counsel for indigent respondents in sexually violent predator civil commitments.

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January 1, 1970

Right to counsel

There is a right to counsel for an indigent subject of a guardianship proceeding.

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