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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.

April 17, 2025

HB737

Creates right to counsel for children 14 years of age or older but less than 18 in abuse cases, beginning in January 2028, and other changes.

April 17, 2025

H1

Would provide $2.5 million in funding to continue statewide tenant rep pilot program.

April 17, 2025

SB468

Would have required notice, a hearing, and a right to counsel in child abuse registry matters

April 15, 2025

SB736

Requires DHS to provide written notice of rights to parent or guardian subjects of abuse investigations before any face to face meeting.

April 14, 2025

S1181

Would eliminate RTC for parents in termination of parental rights cases except where constitutionally required.

April 10, 2025

SB1028

Prohibiting the court from assessing fees for a child's appointed attorney or GAL against their parent in truancy, delinquency, and abuse cases.

April 10, 2025

HB2359

Enacts the Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements (UGCOPA) Act.

April 9, 2025

SB134

Adopting the UGCOPA Act, requiring appointment of counsel for certain minors and adults subject to such matters.

April 8, 2025

HB1067

If defendant is represented by appointed counsel in criminal matter, the representation extends to any related forfeiture case.

April 8, 2025

LD1378

Would create extreme risk protection order procedure relating to possession of firearms, and authorize court to appoint counsel for the defendant in such cases.

April 7, 2025

S05998

Requires court to appoint counsel for child in custody dispute "when facially credible allegations of substantial risk to the child's safety have been made."

April 7, 2025

SB154

Proposes elimination of the Access to Counsel in Evictions Task Force but would lift the sunset on the program's primary yearly funding source. Same as HB 103.

The NCCRC works to advance the right to counsel for low-income people in civil cases involving basic human needs, such as housing, health, domestic violence, civil incarceration, and child custody.

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