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: Legal Ethics ForumMust a lawyer be appointed if a defendant who fails to pay child support faces jail time?
The Supreme Court considered this question yesterday during oral argument for Turner v. Rogers (transcript here). Adam Liptak summarizes the argument in Justices Grapple With Issue of Right to Lawyers in Child Support Cases. The ABA filed an amicus brief saying yes, "that poor people should have the right to a lawyer in civil contempt proceedings carrying a threat of jail time." Professors Ben Barton and Darryl Brown filed an amicus brief arguing no, that pro se reforms are the better alternative for ensuring justice in these types of cases.
Full post as published by Legal Ethics Forum on March 24, 2011 (boomark / email).
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