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.
Discretionary appointment – State employee defendants
A court may appoint counsel for a public officer or employee for a civil action against the person related to his or her employment.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel where a guardian seeks to sterilize his or her ward (which is the only scenario where sterilization is authorized).
Right to counsel
there is a right to counsel prior to the involuntary administration of psychotropic medication.
Right to counsel
A federal court recognized a constitutional right to counsel for Wisconsin civil commitment proceedings.
Right to counsel
A court must appoint a lawyer-GAL for a child in a contested adoption, and may appoint counsel.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
The South Carolina Supreme Court has said that the constitutional right to counsel in termination cases is on a case-by-case basis.
Discretionary appointment of counsel
The South Carolina Supreme Court has said that the constitutional right to counsel in termination cases is on a case-by-case basis.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel in a habeas petition to challenge confinement for any reason.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel in a habeas petition to challenge confinement for any reason.
Right to counsel
Children in abuse/neglect cases have a right to counsel upon request, and it arguably extends to termination cases.
Right to counsel
Children have a right to counsel in truancy proceedings only when they face placement in an institution; otherwise appointment is discretionary.
No such proceeding
In Alaska, only parents can be prosecuted for truancy, not children.
