termination of parental rights

Question 1

right to raise one’s child is

Answer 1

a fundamental right

Question 2

parents must have what before their rights are terminated

Answer 2

due process which includes right to counsel and grounds for termination proved by clear and convincing evidence

Question 3

grounds for termination

Answer 3

infliction of serious physical harm on the child
sexual abuse
abandonment
neglect or deprivation; failure to provide support without justifiable cause; mental illness or retardation so severe as to make the parent incapable of caring for the child; and parental unfitness (conduct by the parent that seriously harms the child physically or psychologically.