Note:
David L. Kern, Due Process in the Civil Nonsupport Proceeding: The Right to Counsel and Alternatives to Incarceration, 61 TEXAS L. REV. 291 (1982).
 

Abstract:
In this Note, Kern argues that the due process rights of child support obligors are not properly observed by courts in nonsupport proceedings. Although nonsupport proceedings are civil, they may result in prison time for the non-paying parent. Kern delineates the right to counsel doctrine and discusses its utility in the context of nonsupport hearings for indigent child support obligors.