Termination of Parental Rights

California has specific code sections that allow for terminating a biological parent’s parental rights. The most common code section used is when one parent has left the child in the care and custody of the other parent for a period of one year without any provision for the child’s support, or without communication from the parent, with the intent on the part of the parent to abandon the child. The failure to provide identification, failure to provide support, or failure to communicate is presumptive evidence of the intent to abandon.