Relationship Between Family & State Flashcards
What is adoption?
A statutory legal action in which the previous parent – child relationship is terminated and a new parent – child relationship is established.
How can the parental rights of biological parents be terminated?
Voluntary termination, involuntary termination, and approval of adoption.
When does termination of parental rights occur involuntarily?
Only upon judicial determination. Each jurisdiction provides the statutory grounds and requirements for termination of parental rights, which can include abandonment, incapacity, abuse of sibling, termination of parental rights over a sibling, and abuse of neglect of the child over a period of time, or when the child has been placed outside the home and not with a relative for a certain period of time With no successful reunification.
What are the legal effects of adoption?
The adoptive parents have all the rights and responsibilities that the biological parents would have had in the adopted child has all the rights and responsibilities that a biological child would’ve had. Majority of jurisdiction will not permit visitation between the adopted and biological parents.
