Litigation
Oct. 14, 2009
New Law Creates Right to Counsel
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation that makes California the first state in the nation to establish a right to counsel for low-income people in critical needs civil cases where shelter, sustenance, safety, health or child custody are at stake.
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SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation making California the first state in the nation to establish a right to counsel for low-income people in critical needs civil cases where shelter, sustenance, safety, health or child custody are at stake.
AB 590, one of more than 700 bills that were piled on his desk awaiting action as he tried to find an...
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