1.   It also would help states locate birth fathers to tell them their parental rights are being terminated.

2.   The hearing would Decide whether the state should terminate the rights of the biological parents and put the child up for adoption.

3.   At that time it would be determined if the rights of the birth parents should be terminated, and in turn whether I could adopt.

4.   He told her no judge would terminate parental rights based on a trespass charge alone.

5.   In an effort to speed adoptions, for example, two new bills in Congress would make it easier to terminate parental rights.

6.   In New York, child welfare officials can terminate parental rights if a mother fails to maintain regular contact with her children by telephone and in visits.

7.   It takes a year to terminate parental rights.

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

9.   Lawmakers from both parties said that state officials had placed too much emphasis on family preservation and had been too reluctant to terminate the rights of the biological parents.

10.   Sometimes, judges terminate parental rights and remove the child from its parents.