There's a law I'm not familiar with - which section/paragraph is that?
Pardon me if I reply even though I'm not the original poster.
I researched this awhile ago and was so shocked to find that not all states terminate parental rights for a rapist sperm giver. Thankfully California does.
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Termination of Parental Rights - California
Statute: Welf. & Inst. Code §§361; 361.5(b), (h), (i); 366.26(c)(1)
Grounds: Abandonment or extreme parental disinterest, abuse/neglect, mental illness or deficiency, alcohol or drug induced incapacity, felony conviction/incarceration, failure of reasonable efforts, sexual abuse, abuse/neglect or loss of rights of another child, failure to maintain contact, failure to provide support, child judged in need of services/dependent, childs best interest, felony assault of child or sibling, murder/manslaughter of sibling child, child suffering from extreme emotional damage, location of parent(s) unknown, voluntary relinquishment, parent has abducted the child,
conception result of sexual abuse.
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However an exception exists: if a child 12 or older objects to the Termination of Parental Rights.