Parental rights; may be terminated based on finding that the parent has abused another child. (SB929)

Introduced By

Sen. Patsy Ticer (D-Alexandria)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Termination of parental rights. Provides that the parental rights of a parent, when the child has been placed in foster care, may be terminated based on a finding that the parent has abused or neglected another child. Current law only permits termination upon a finding that the child in question has been abused or neglected. This bill also permits the termination of parental rights of a child less than one year old who is in the custody of a local board or child-placing agency when the parent is incarcerated and expected to remain so for more than one year or when two or more of the parent's other children are in the custody of a local board or child-placing agency in Virginia or a similar agency in any other state. This bill also allows consideration of the efforts made to rehabilitate the parent in response to the parent's abuse and neglect of other children in determining whether to terminate a parent's rights. This bill also clarifies that reasonable efforts to reunite a parent with a child need not be made if any of the grounds for termination of parental rights under subsection E of 16.1-283 exist. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/09/2007Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 075195828
01/09/2007Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice