We were in court because I was trying to terminate Michael's parental rights.

"They do not, nor could they ever be, the grounds to terminate a mother's rights."

This is usually because the child was already relinquished by the birth parents, or the court terminated their rights.

The defendant appealed the Judge's original decision to terminate his parental rights.

The courts have terminated the mother's parental rights and she is now out of the picture.

It was found that they had not made a diligent effort to work with the natural parents, a prerequisite for terminating their rights.

In May 1990, he wrote an article that included excerpts from a judge's order terminating a woman's parental rights to her 2-year-old daughter.

Toal then turned to the last issue, the trial court's refusal to terminate Brown's parental rights.

After the baby's born and you sign adoption papers, you're terminating your parental rights.

The state's effort to terminate the birth mother's parental rights, which goes to court next month, has already seen its share of legal skirmishing.