Trends in Termination of Parental Rights
& Suspended Judgments
Presented by Margaret Burt
NYS Citizens' Coalition for Children, Inc.
13th Annual Statewide Adoption Training Conference
Adoption 2002: Linking Promises to Possibilities
May 10, 2002 • Albany New York  

TOP TEN TIME BOMBS IN YOUR TERMINATION CASE

  • Putative Fathers

  • Missing or Relocated Parents

  • Incarcerated Parents

  • Sibling

  • Relatives

  • Diligent Efforts Not Clearly Documented or Gaps in Documentation

  • No Releases for Records

  • Indian Child Welfare Act

  • Vague Dispositional Orders and Service Plan or No Service Plan for one parent

  • Delay in the Decision
Margaret A. Burt
 ATTORNEY AT LAW
63 CALLINGHAM ROAD PITTSFORD, NEW YORK 14534
TEL: (585) 385-4252 FAX: (585) 385-7717

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