Corra v. Coll

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding paternity decisions implicate important privacy interests that require certain procedural due process safeguards, such as the right to appointed counsel
• familial, liberty and property interests at stake in a paternity proceeding are significant enough to warrant protection through appointment of counsel for indigent defendants in paternity actions
• in a support action the court held that the impact of a determination of paternity on familial, liberty and property interests justifies the right to the appointment of counsel
• in a support action the court held that the impact of a determination of paternity on familial, liberty and property interests justifies the right to the appointment of counsel
• indigent defendant must be appointed counsel in a proceeding to establish paternity
• Indigent defendants in civil paternity actions have a constitutional right to appointed counsel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).