Finally, the court held that: The plaintiffs motion for summary judgment is granted in as much as the court holds that plaintiff A.G.R. possesses parental rights under New Jersey law with respect to the twins L.H. and T.H. and that the gestational carrier agreement signed on February 28, 2006, is void and serves as no basis for termination of parental rights of the plaintiff and the consent to judgment of adoption is void and that the parental… [read post]

A.G.R., D.R. and S.H. entered into written agreements spelling out the rights and obligations of the parties, under which A.G.R. agreed to consent to the termination of any parental rights and the adoption of the child by D.R. [read post]

App. 386, 389-91, 670 S.E.2d 269, 271-72 (2008) vacated the order terminating respondent's parental rights on two separate grounds: (1) the trial court did not initially have subject matter jurisdiction to issue the adjudication order, as the summonses to the parents were not properly "issued[,]" and "the adjudication order was essential to the trial court's subject matter jurisdiction" in the termination… [read post]

Allen County Department of Child Services (NFP) - "We reverse a termination of parental rights "only upon a showing of ‘clear error' - that which leaves us with a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been made. [read post]