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| Parent-child visits after termination of parental rights |
Do biological parents have a right to visit with their children after their parental rights have been terminated? Any visits that take place between a biological parent and their children after parental rights have been
terminated is referred to as post termination contact or post termination visits. Post termination contact/visits in Massachusetts is usually only appropriate where no preadoptive family has been identified and where a principal, if not the only, parent-child relationship in the child's life remains with the biological parent. Adoption of Rico, 453 Mass. 749, 754 (2009) quoting Adoption of Vito, 431 Mass. 550, 564 (2000). In situations where the only parental bond in the child's life is with a biological parent Massachusetts courts have the authority and responsibility to intervene in the child's best interest. Vito, 431 Mass. at 564, n. 24; Rico, 453 Mass. at 754. Post termination contact/visits are not for the benefit of the biological parents, but rather for the benefit of the child.
terminated is referred to as post termination contact or post termination visits. Post termination contact/visits in Massachusetts is usually only appropriate where no preadoptive family has been identified and where a principal, if not the only, parent-child relationship in the child's life remains with the biological parent. Adoption of Rico, 453 Mass. 749, 754 (2009) quoting Adoption of Vito, 431 Mass. 550, 564 (2000). In situations where the only parental bond in the child's life is with a biological parent Massachusetts courts have the authority and responsibility to intervene in the child's best interest. Vito, 431 Mass. at 564, n. 24; Rico, 453 Mass. at 754. Post termination contact/visits are not for the benefit of the biological parents, but rather for the benefit of the child.
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