In the process, it destroyed hundreds of thousands of families through the termination of parental rights. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

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." ...

Nationally, the parents of about 327,000 children lost their rights from 2015 to 2019, the analysis found. In one-fifth of those cases, it happened in less than a year.

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 Altoona mother appealed a decision made last August by Blair County Judge Jolene G. Kopriva that terminated her parental rights. The child, an 8-year-old boy, is living in another state with ...