Parental Rights

The Michigan Court of Appeals clarified in March that involuntary termination of parental rights does not relieve the parent whose rights were terminated of child support obligations.

The decision to terminate one's parental rights is one that should not be made hastily, but with full knowledge and understanding of state laws.

Although it takes a serious violation of the law and moral ethics, it is possible to terminate a parent's rights to his or her children. Read on to learn how and why this happens.

As a mother I begin to wonder where the line is crossed between protecting children and taking away parental rights. Taking away our rights as parents to make the decisions on how to raise our children isn't going to solve the problem of child abuse.

There are a lot of things that I am not surprised about, but the fact the rapists can get parental rights of their kids is unbelievable and disgusting.

What I think may be missing more than anything else is the influence of parents or parental figures in our society and what they should be doing to also help curb this type of activity.

States are gearing up to ratify the UNCRC, your help is needed.

Bioethical issues relating to in vitro fertilization took a new turn when women became pregnant after fertility clinics erroneously implanted them with other couples' embryos.

Handicapped children have a right to an appropriate education and parents can advocate specific services for their child.

This book explains how a family can change during hard scary times, and reassures the child why this happens, and that it isn't their fault.

The right wing fearmongers have been losing traction when it comes to scaring us about gay marriage, so now they are making us think the internationals are coming after our children.

Mothers, Fathers, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Agency leaders, Organization leaders, and interested activists are coming together in support of one's natural and unalienable right to be a parent.

A British couple who have taken twenty-eight foster children in their home have had an eleven year old taken from them because they refused to teach him tolerance for gays.

Some legalese in the adoption world is thrown around like common language and leaves others dumbfounded.