Introduced
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To revise the conditions that determine whether the Department of Human Services may petition a court to terminate a parents’ parental rights. Under current law, having voluntarily had parental rights terminated for another child can be grounds for a petition and termination by a court. The bill would specify that the earlier termination had to be for actual child abuse or abandonment.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the House 109 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Families and Human Services
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
To revise the conditions that determine whether the Department of Human Services may petition a court to terminate a parents’ parental rights. Under current law, having voluntarily had parental rights terminated for another child can be grounds for a petition and termination by a court. The bill would specify that the earlier termination had to be for actual child abuse or abandonment.
