SAN FRANCISCO — Moms and dads who consent to guardianships for their children have been put on notice that they risk losing their kids to adoption even if they’ve never been declared unfit parents.
In two rulings sought by some family lawyers, the California Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld the constitutionality of a five-year-old state statute that authorizes the termination of parental rights when a guardianship has continued for at least two years. The court held that as long as a court finds a guardian’s adoption to be in a child’s best interests, a determination of parental fitness isn’t always necessary.
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