Parental Rights

All our families have questions and possibly concerns about parental rights, from risks before finalization to biological fathers' rights to custody questions. Find information and answers to your questions here.

• Evaluating Risks Associated With Your Adoption

Glossary of Terms

• Severance of Parental Rights (Termination, TPR)
  
• Relinquishment

Articles

• As Parental Rights Transfer
  
• Avoiding Pitfalls in Voluntary Termination of Parental Rights
  
• Birth Fathers Often Left Out of the Process
  
• What Birth Fathers Don't Know Hurts Everyone
  
• Voluntary Relinquishment in Adoptions from Foster Care

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