Right to counsel
While a state may have many statutes, court decisions, or court rules governing
appointment of counsel for a particular subject area, a "Key Development" is a
statute/decision/rule that prevails over the others (example: a state high court
decision finding a categorical right to counsel in guardianships cases takes
precedence over a statute saying appointment in guardianship cases is
discretionary).
Legislation, Custody Disputes - Parents
In In re Dependency of E.H., 243 P.3d 160 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010), a juvenile court granted concurrent jurisdiction to the family court to conduct non-parental custody proceedings, and the Court of Appeals found that the statutory right to counsel in dependency (Wash. Rev. Code § 13.34.090, Wash. Rev. Code § 13.34.062(2)(b)) extended to these custody proceedings since they were a "stage" of the dependency proceedings.
If "yes",
the established right to counsel or
discretionary appointment of counsel
is
limited
in some way, including any of: the only authority
is a
lower/intermediate court decision or a city council,
not a high court or state legislature; there
has been
a subsequent case that
has
cast doubt; a statute
is
ambiguous; or the right or discretionary appointment
is not
for all types of individuals or proceedings
within that category.
categorical
yes
