FINALISTS -- Robert Lee Hotz of The Los Angeles Times, for a story on the efforts to unravel the mystery of the Columbia space shuttle disaster; Anne Hull and Tamara Jones of The Washington Post, for their exploration of the lives of wounded soldiers returning from Iraq; Patricia Wen of The Boston Globe, for chronicling more aggressive efforts by states to terminate the rights of parents.
If you have a valid reason for terminating the rights, and think the child would be better off for it, contact your local courthouse.
"I'd be shocked if Walgreens doesn't have a contractual right to terminate the contract right now," said George Triantis, an expert on contract design and dispute resolution at Stanford Law School.
So the referee told Miracle Makers to file a petition to terminate the parents' rights, a standard step toward adoption.
The state Supreme Court, in a 3 to 2 ruling, ordered a family court to finalize the adoption of "Baby Veronica" by Matt and Melanie Capobianco of Charleston and to terminate the parental rights of the girl's biological father, Dusten Brown.
ABC had already extended its deals with Time Warner by a month in other locations, like New York City, but had said it would terminate the transmission rights in Houston as of last night at midnight.
Meanwhile, in family court on Friday, the state's Division of Youth and Family Services initiated proceedings to terminate the parental rights of Ms. Murphy, who has five children, ages 8 to 18. Officials have not accused her of mistreating those children.
Currently 20 states and Washington D.C. have no law allowing women who may want to keep their child to restrict or terminate the parental rights of men who father a child through rape.
After parents are deported, the researchers found that families remain separated for long periods, with child welfare agencies and juvenile courts often moving to terminate the parental rights of deported immigrants.
The judge may need the representative's agreement to terminate the parental rights.[13].[13]
