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 only a right to counsel for individuals or groups with a subject to a quarantine or isolation petition.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for indigent respondents in sexually violent person commitment proceedings.
Right to counsel
The ND Supreme Court found a right to counsel for indigent parents in adoption cases under the state constitution's equal protection clause.
Right to counsel
The North Dakota Supreme Court found a federal due process right to counsel in civil commitment proceedings.
Right to counsel
Indigent parents have a right to counsel in abuse/neglect proceedings.
Right to counsel
Children have a right to counsel in and termination proceedings if they are not represented by counsel for their parents.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for indigent parents in termination of parental rights proceedings.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
Children must be appointed counsel in paternity proceedings if the child's interest conflicts with that of the mother.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court can appoint counsel for a child in a custody case.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for an indigent respondent in a child support civil contempt proceeding.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for the indigent subject of a civil commitment proceeding.
Right to counsel
There is a right to appointed counsel in guardianship establishment and review cases, but only upon request and if the person is indigent.
