A History of the Termination of Parental Rights

The Adoption and Safe Families Act ushered in a series of changes to foster care, including creating guidelines for the termination of ...

Reassessing the Concept of Termination of Parental Rights in Light ...

For nearly a century after the phrase was introduced in the case law, parental rights were only terminated within adoption proceedings, simultaneously with ...

The Cumulative Prevalence of Termination of Parental Rights for ...

Native American children experienced a different shift in the risk of experiencing the termination of parental rights. At the beginning of the period, Native ...

A History of Parental Rights, with Stephen Krason - SafeCamp Audio

In this week's journal episode, I wanted to return to the conversation about Termination of Parent Rights. I've been surprised by the number of ...

TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AS A PRIVATE REMEDY

2016) (“[T]he power of the State to terminate the parental rights of a parent are strictly construed and derive solely from the statute. There is no common law ...

Child Welfare's Scarlet Letter: How A Prior Termination Of Parental ...

This is precisely what happened when Congress passed ASFA and encouraged states to terminate a parent's rights based on a prior termination, regardless of the ...

A Systematic Review of State Termination of Parental Rights Laws

The right of parents to direct the care, custody, and control of their children is a fundamental liberty interest that is well established under ...

Child Welfare's Scarlet Letter: How a Prior Termination of Parental ...

In many jurisdictions, once a parent has her rights terminated to one child, the State can use that decision to justify the termination of ...

Terminating the Parental Rights of Mothers with Disabilities

After controlling for a variety of parent, family, court, case, and policy characteristics, however, maternal disability type did not predict ...

The Unconstitutional Practice of Severing Parental Rights Without ...

process rights of parents during termination of parental rights proceedings. The Court rejected a “preponderance of the evidence standard” as too low to ...

Child Custody, Visitation & Termination of Parental Rights

A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION RIGHTS. The legal landscape of child custody and visitation rights has changed dramati- cally over the course ...

Reinstatement of Parental Rights State Statute Summary

Every state has statutes providing for the termination of parental rights by a court. Termination of parental rights, which can be voluntary ...

Parental Rights Termination Laws for Adoption

The court may, upon petition, terminate all rights of a parent or parents to a child when the court has determined that the child is neglected by one or both ...

Revised Statutes of Missouri, RSMo Section 211.447

A petition to terminate the parental rights of the child's parent or parents shall be filed by the juvenile officer or the division.

Chapter 9 Termination of Parental Rights1

Only the following persons or agencies, under the circumstances detailed below, may file a petition or motion to terminate parental rights: • a parent,. • a ...

Termination of Parental Rights - St Louis Attorney

The abuse/neglect route is almost an emergency provision; in other words, if the State has evidence to show that a child is being abused or neglected while in ...

A History of Parental Rights

The Supreme Court of the United States in 2000 declared that “the liberty interest…of parents in the care, custody, and control of their children is perhaps ...

Termination of parental rights - Michigan Courts

When Can TPR Happen? •When a child remains in foster care in the temporary custody of the court following a review hearing held ...

The Termination of Parental Rights in Texas: The Long Run Cut ...

3U-BFUU] (“Critics of the Texas [family law] system say it is sometimes too quick to conclude that adoption is the best outcome for a child, and doesn't give ...

Termination of Parental Rights: The Psychological Parent Standard

24 A father had a legal right to the custody of his child. 25 This princi- ple emerged from the historical view of children as chattel. 26 Even as.