CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Selection & Implement. Hrg.
.........Termination of Parental Rights
............In General
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De facto parent, with whom C lived almost from 12/12 birth, was entitled to notice and hearing before C's removal; juv. court abused its discretion in summarily ordering removal in favor of relative adoption.

Because juvenile court had terminated all rights between M and her natural mother prior to mother’s death, M had no standing to bring wrongful death action.

Poverty alone, even resulting in homelessness or less than ideal housing, is not a sufficient ground to deprive mother of parental rights to her children.

Court did not err terminating parental rights after denying reunification services as to C on same day it terminated services as to siblings.

Grandmother did not have standing to appeal from termination of parental rights following W&IC 366.26 hearing.

Mother had standing to raise issue of sibling visitation as termination order entered after effective date of W&IC 366.36 (c)(1)(E).

Court erred by declining to apply beneficial relationship exception to mother's parental rights termination.

Court did not abuse its discretion by terminating parental rights without receiving information about Cs' wishes.

Court properly dismissed welfare reimbursement case in 2001 for failure to prosecute w/in 5 yrs where county terminated F's parental rights in 1995.

Order terminating parental rights didn't effect legal relationship of child and grandmother and grandmother's standing to sue child's doctor for wrongful death; court erred in granting SJ to doctor.

Order terminating parental rights completely severs parent child relationship and deprives court of authority to make an award of child support.

Once referee's 1st order terminating parental rights was final, juvenile court could not set it aside or make new order terminating parental rights, and 2d order was void—F's appeal from that order dismissed.