Legal Question in Family Law in Nevada

Termination of parental rights

What do we have to do to terminate parental rights? Father has had physical custody for 10 years, mother has been in and out of prison, minimal contact with children in the form of the occasional phone call. If both parents are agreeable to the termination, what steps would need to be taken in order for this to go thru the court?


Asked on 5/30/07, 5:13 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Jeffrey Cogan Jeffrey A. Cogan, Esq., Ltd.

Re: Termination of parental rights

You must file a lawsuit and serve the mother with the lawsuit seeking to terminate her rights. If you want to terminate Father's rights as well you can do it in the same lawsuit.

The Court will probably only grant it for both parents if someone is willing to adopt the child. If both parent's rights are terminated, the child would then be a ward of the state, would have to live in foster care until adopted and the Court would not allow that if the parents are alive.

This is a complicated issue that requires an in office discussion.

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Answered on 5/31/07, 8:40 am
James Smith James E. Smith Ltd.

Re: Termination of parental rights

A Petition to Terminate Parental rights must be filed with a hearing in open Court.

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Answered on 5/30/07, 5:42 pm


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