North Carolina Termination of Parental Rights Lawyers

There are several reasons a parent’s rights could be terminated. The following are some of the most common and involve a court process in order to determine each.

• A parent has become unfit to care for the child – In this case, the parent typically won’t provide or can’t provide proper care and support for the child’s basic needs.
• Sexual assault – The child may have been conceived of sexual assault, and the parent was convicted of sexual assault.
• Child endangerment – Child endangerment is when the child would be in any type of danger upon being in the care of a parent.
• Neglect – If the child hasn’t received the proper care from the parent, including food, shelter, education, or other critical developmental care.
• Abandonment – This usually indicates a parent has or is giving up rights to a child. Many times, they have stopped contact with a child and not provided any type of financial support.

One very important thing to note is that there must be clear evidence supporting the decision to revoke a parent’s rights to a child, and the judge needs to determine that the decision will without a doubt be in the child’s best interest. This type of case is not appropriate for parents making accusations, but instead of factual evidence to support their claims.