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June 2015

 

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Case Law Update

Children

Previously Adopted Child Could Reinstate Birth Parent's Rights

Where child’s birth parents’ rights were terminated and, years later, adoptive parents’ rights were also terminated, three-year timeframe for failing to reach permanency under reinstatement statute could run from first termination order. To interpret statute to require another three years to run from second termination ran counter to overall intent of statute to promote timely permanence for all children.