parental rights

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.

Beginning next month some residents of low-income neighborhoods will soon be better informed of their rights when CPS comes knocking.

Minnesotans who've had parental rights terminated can petition to restore them. But most are denied, data from the Judicial Branch shows. 

The law allows some parents who've lost parental rights to contact their children, even those who have been adopted into other families.