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Sounding the civil trumpet
July 11, 2003
By LAWRENCE HURLEY,
Daily Record Legal Affairs Writer

Court of Appeals to hear claim of right to counsel in child custody matter
In what could be a groundbreaking decision with national repercussions, the state’s high court may rule this year whether Maryland residents have a constitutional right to counsel in civil cases.

A grand alliance of legal services providers and other advocacy groups, spearheaded by former Attorney General Stephen H. Sachs, have pooled resources and will argue a test case before the Court of Appeals in the fall — the first of its kind in the state’s history and one of few efforts nationwide.

The campaign also has the full support of the Maryland State Bar Association, which this week filed an amicus brief with the court, and the University of Baltimore’s Family Law Clinic. ......