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Updated: 
February 11, 2022

Can a judge terminate the abuser’s parental rights if the abuser is convicted of a sex crime?

The judge will terminate the abuser’s parental rights if the abuser is convicted of any of the following crimes:

  1. rape in the first degree;
  2. sodomy in the first degree; or
  3. incest.1

The other parent may have to file a petition in court requesting termination after the abuser is convicted.

1 Alabama Code § 12-15-319(b)

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