The article discusses Matter of Albert S., which upheld the termination of parental rights due to mental illness. The court required clear and convincing evidence that the parents, diagnosed with ...

In a 2019 article, the authors conclude that: "First, according to the 2016 estimate, 1 in 100 U.S. children will experience the termination of parental rights by age 18." ...

Cases involving the termination of parental rights — an issue that’s drawn legislative attention in the form of a bill that calls for judges in such cases to consider the length of time ...

OZONA — The state's Child Protective Services probably will ask a judge to terminate the parental rights of Sylvia Cardenas to her ninth child, a specialist for the agency testified Wednesday ...

The Arizona court issued a ruling for a father who had not maintained a relationship with his child while a murder case was ...

The placement out-of-state “has afforded him much needed stability and, accordingly, termination would serve child’s needs and welfare,” according to the higher court.

A court’s decision to terminate a mother’s parental rights is life-altering. For these women, time stops. Overwhelming grief, without closure or ritual, paralyzes coping strategies.

A Clinton-era law aimed to speed up adoptions for children in foster care. It destroyed hundreds of thousands of families through termination of parental rights.

Termination of parental rights cases are civil, but many argue the consequences are just as, if not more, severe.

When Congress passed a law aimed at speeding up adoptions of foster children, it destroyed hundreds of thousands of families through the termination of parental rights.

A Petition for Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights and for Adoption has been filed by Andrew C. Trout and Shannon A. Trout in the Orphans' Court Division, Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster ...

A state appeals court has refused to overturn a decision by former Blair County Judge Ilissa Zimmerman in which she denied a mother’s request to terminate the parental rights of the biological ...