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 the respondent in a civil contempt proceeding.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for tuberculosis confinement of individuals lasting more than 72 hours, but not for other kinds of quarantine.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for minors seeking to bypass the parental consent requirements for an abortion.
Right to counsel
The WI Supreme Court found a federal (and possibly state) constitutional right to counsel in civil contempt cases where the state is a party.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
The WI Supreme Court held that courts must make a case-by case determination of whether to appoint counsel in abuse/neglect cases.
Right to counsel
The WI Supreme Court held that those subjected to sexually violent person confinement have a constitutional right to counsel for their appeal.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
The WI Supreme Court held that trial courts have the inherent power to appoint counsel in any civil case.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel for the victim in a few DV scenarios.
Right to counsel
Indigent parents have a right to counsel in abuse/neglect proceedings.
Right to counsel
Children have a right to an attorney ad litem in abuse/neglect proceedings.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
The court may appoint counsel for an indigent parent in a state-initiated termination of parental rights proceeding.
Right to counsel
The court must appoint counsel for a child in a paternity proceeding in certain circumstances.
