parental rights

Not knowing how to preserve my rights as a youth and that parental rights existed has negatively impacted my life, writes Lakievia Johnson.

NY’s highest court has overturned the termination of a Syracuse mom’s parental rights due to "ineffective assistance of counsel."

Brittany Patterson didn’t set out to inspire change in Georgia’s laws. She wanted to give her kids the same freedoms she enjoyed growing up.

Attorney Cynthia Godsoe says a New York case “sets a terrible precedent’’ that threatens to expand the state’s power over pregnant women.

City leaders are mulling legislation that would provide counseling for children after foster care, and a second bill that would strengthen parents' rights.

A new Hennepin County program is part of growing efforts to provide legal assistance at the earliest possible stage of a child welfare case.

Dozens of New Yorkers testified today about problems with the way child abuse and neglect allegations are reported and investigated. 

A bill that would end federal requirements to seek termination of parental rights in most cases was reintroduced in Congress this week

A new Texas "Miranda" law designed to inform parents under investigation for child maltreatment of their due process rights is now in effect.