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Table of Contents
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TITLE 42. ADOPTION
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CHAPTER 2. ADOPTION OF CHILD
Part 6. Petition to Terminate Parental Rights
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42-2-601
- Venue
42-2-602
- Necessity for parental rights to be terminated
42-2-603
- Petition for termination of parental rights
42-2-604
- Contents of petition for termination of parental rights
42-2-605
- Notice of hearing -- service
42-2-606
- Hearing on petition to terminate parental rights
42-2-607
- Grounds for termination of parental rights
42-2-608
- Finding of unfitness
42-2-609
- Determination that no parent and child relationship exists
42-2-610
- Putative father -- termination based upon failure to establish substantial relationship
42-2-611
- Irrevocable waiver of parental rights
42-2-616
- Appearance of parent at hearing -- determination of custody
42-2-617
- Effect of order terminating parental rights
42-2-618
- Appeal
42-2-619
- Expediency
42-2-620
- Finality