Family Law: Termination of Parental Rights

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[@roberthegwood3031]

Can an older minor who has been in cps custody for several years who when nearing majority believes he was wrongfully taken into custody, sue cps? He believes that the original caseworker either lied or grossly exaggerated his home conditions and treatment. His case says he was physically abused and allegations were made but not ever perused of sexual abuse. He was old enough to remember being taken and flatly denies his parents ever abused him in any way. Does he have any rights or recourse, or must he simply wait to age out and reconnect with his parents as a legal adult?

[@williamsummers6438]

There is a better way. Parental custody of children is actually a very simple matter to solve given the true desire of “What is best for the child”.
We need to separate and discard marriage from family law as they no longer seem to be connected and "Marriage makes people treat each other as articles of property and no longer as free human beings. Einstein".
We can develop protocols that confer (over time) equal parental rights and responsibilities,…..once parentage is proven.
Children’s natural maturation process has 3 essential stages of need.
A.The unconditional love of the mother from birth until about 7 years of age. The mother to have “thefinalsay” and to receive child allowance.
B.The conditional love of the father, who takes his children out into the world, gives security and teaches social boundaries from 7 until about 13 years of age. The father to have “thefinalsay” and to receive child allowance.
C.The friendship and respect of peers from 13 until 18 years of age. The child to have “thefinalsay”.
If these 3 stages are not gone through in order, maturation is unlikely to be satisfactorily achieved and mental resilience reduced. This has now become generational.
Such a regime of equal parenting rights (over time) would bind parents into a co-operative relationship, because (over time) each will hold the power of “thefinalsay” sequentially when they are best favoured to use it.
Such family protocols would be the default position, (allowing love, courtesy and humour to prevail) but could in exceptional cases be varied by the court.
Buckminster Fuller said:-
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete”.
To alleviate suffering is worthy. To prevent it is divine, but thankless.

[@strnglhld]

Father’s love should be unconditional
Not conditional.

[@chadellett4696]

My body my choice, my wallet my choice

[@sandysaldivar6110]

Anyone can have children but not all can be good parents… there’s better people that can be better parents than the real ones sadly but true

[@flamethrower82]

And what happens if a parent just decides to walk out and start a new life somewhere else? Would that be justification to terminate parental rights entirely?

[@strnglhld]

Yes as long as there is another parent who wants to take their place

[@jimsh8189]

What if the parent was in prison for 10 years

[@tamekkaknuth9612]

Separation between church and state

[@cedricrobinson4838]

What if your summon to appear to terminate your rights and you don't show up?

[@strnglhld]

Then they are terminated.
Why wouldn’t you show up? You literally don’t care about your own kid

[@christianflores1469]

I think if the parents is capable they can be guaranteed parental rights

[@robdavis8929]

So my child was adopted(I terminated my right) by my exs new husband an I was paying child support because I was behind. So I just recently just filed to terminate child support because I was recieving new child support when I thought everything was going towards my arrears. So I just went to court and the judge is saying it goes from when you file not when the child was adopted. So they only can back track to when I filed which was only like 4 months ago which doesn’t make sense

[@Itsjustaq60]

What state you in ?

[@tamekkaknuth9612]

Thank police department as well too

[@MsDeathwish2]

You can consider anything abuse these days. It's all a moral issue.

[@strnglhld]

Sounds like minimizing.

[@quartytypo]

Parental rights are wrong. Government can do better.

[@RCenal]

Sarcasm?