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 – Consent to treatment plan
For minors and incapacitated persons, there is a right to counsel regarding consent to a treatment plan.
Right to counsel
Certain indigent elders have the right to counsel in involuntary protective cases as do indigent disabled individuals in non-emergency matters.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel in sexually dangerous person commitment proceedings.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for a person subject to a petition for commitment due to tuberculosis, but not other quarantine or isolation orders.
Right to counsel
There is a state constitutional right to counsel for indigent parents in state-initiated cases to dispense with parental consent to adoption.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel pursuant to a court rule for a minor who seeks to bypass the parental consent requirement for an abortion.
Right to counsel
All respondents have the right to counsel in mental health commitments, as do adults in substance dependency commitments
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for individuals subject to a petition for court-ordered care, including confinement or isolation, or detention.
Right to counsel
In a proceeding alleging abuse or neglect and in TPR cases, the court must appoint a lawyer-guardian ad litem to represent the child.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
A court may appoint counsel for a child in a petition for adoption after temporary placement.
Discretionary appointment of counsel – Minor emancipation
A court may appoint counsel for the minor and/or parents if a petition to emancipate has been filed.
Discretionary appointment of counsel – Third party custody actions
The court may appoint counsel for a parent in a third party custody dispute.
