We have very serious questions to answer as a society in looking at the issue of parental rights.

But there are benefits for those who want to have children and share parental rights.

And in Congress, a parental rights bill was introduced last year.

"He's clearly lost any parental right he might have had."

A child abuse finding can lead to a loss of parental rights.

But the concept of parental rights is not an unlimited one.

When she was five, her parents' parental rights were terminated.

Matt goes back to the lawyer and gets his parental rights returned.

This has led to outrage from child protection and parental rights groups.

All parental rights are extinguished when the child turns 16 years old.

The boy's natural mother is white, and she gave up parental rights in the adoption proceeding.

There isn't a balance to be made between what's best for the child and parental rights."

If they did not respond within a certain period, their parental rights would be terminated.

This case helped focus national attention on the competing issues of student privacy and parental rights.

In others, the surrogate mother would have sole parental rights.

She received limited visits with the children after the divorce and later gave up all parental rights.

In court last year a judge told her his biological mother's parental rights had been terminated.

His parental rights were denied, and the adoption was approved.

The courts have terminated the mother's parental rights and she is now out of the picture.

In 1991 a judge determined that the parental rights of both parents should be terminated.

He did so because her biological father had not relinquished his parental rights.

We are not going to get in the business of what parental rights entails."

Although the father has committed a crime, his parental rights have not been terminated.

She may feel I've relinquished my parental rights where she's concerned, especially in view of what you told me about her leaving school.