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- Title
FINDING SOLUTIONS TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS IN PARENTS WITH MENTAL CHALLENGES.
- Authors
SMITH, CHARISA
- Abstract
The article discusses how state termination of parental rights (TPR) statutes unfairly deprive mentally challenged parents of their due process rights. Topics discussed include decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in court case 'Buck v. Bell' concerning protection of the parenthood of individuals with mental challenges, practice of involuntary sterilization of the mentally disabled in the U.S., and definitions of the mental disabled people as per the U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PARENTS with intellectual disabilities; TERMINATION of parental rights; PARENT-child legal relationship; AMERICANS with Disabilities Act of 1990; BUCK v. Bell
- Publication
Law & Psychology Review, 2015, Vol 39, p205
- ISSN
0098-5961
- Publication type
Article