Once parental rights have been terminated, do any states have procedures to restore previously terminated parental rights under specified circumstances?

NCJFCJ’s Juvenile and Family Law Digest discusses this topic and more in the May 2010 issue. The Digest is compiled each month by NCJFCJ’s research division, the National Center for Juvenile Justice, the nation’s only research center focused on juvenile justice related issues. This valuable online resource, containing the latest decisions in cases involving juvenile and family justice issues, is relied upon by judges, juvenile and family law professionals, and students around the country.

This month’s issue contains recent decisions involving:

• A jurisdiction question in which the juvenile court did not lose jurisdiction even though the alleged delinquent was over 21.
• A decision that the privacy interests of juveniles adjudicated for more serious offenses did not outweigh the state’s interests in maintaining a DNA database.
• Another decision that the collection of DNA from juveniles did not result in an unreasonable search and seizure.
• A domestic abuse decision that the husband had no state constitutional right to a jury trial on his estranged wife’s petition for a domestic abuse protection order.

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