We were a little off last week in describing the status of essentially identical bills in the House and Senate that would make it faster to terminate parental rights and get children adopted and out of foster care.
We correctly reported that House Bill 750 went down on an 11-10 vote in the House Courts […]
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Status of bills corrected
January 29th, 2008 · No Comments · General Assembly, Parental rights
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House, Senate split on termination of parental rights
January 25th, 2008 · No Comments · General Assembly, Parental rights
Faster termination of parental rights is seen as a way to get children out of foster care and adopted more quickly.
The proposal in House Bill 750 and Senate Bill 394 is for terminations to be appealed directly from juvenile and domestic relations district courts to the Virginia Court of Appeals. Parents now have a right […]
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