Mom24
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There just doesn't seem to be any good ending to this. I was curious what would happen if a parent terminates parental rights in regards to responsibilities. For example would he still have to provide financial support for her? Would she have any rights to his assets?His desires won't mean much when compared with what DHS recommends, in my experience. However, I haven't had any direct experience with a dependency case in which an incarcerated but not yet guilty party is actively involved. Usually they're not showing up.
I posted a link a couple days ago as to the process that these cases go through and what happens and how a parent's rights can be terminated.
I will do some research when I have time as to whether there are any differences when a parent is incarcerated but not yet found guilty.
There have been some big cases in other states about this issue. One in particular involved a child who was ultimately taken from the functional and well to do family in TN that had been raising her after the mother got into drugs and dad was incarcerated. The child was eventually given back to the father she did not know, and moved to I think Nebraska or Missouri, to live with him, when he was released from prison.
But the case did focus on termination of parental rights when a parent is inacerated. It went to the Tennessee Supreme Court. And maybe beyond.
But let's see if these cases are handled differently in CO.