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Lack of Counsel for NJ Child Support Contempt Cases Upheld

Persons held in civil contempt for failing to comply with child support
orders challenged the lack of a right to counsel (appointed for indigent
defendants) in such proceedings. The district court properly abstained
under Younger v. Harris.

The plaintiffs have standing. They allege they have been injured because
of past ...

 

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