HB5 Alabama 2020 Session

Existing law provides that a juvenile court may terminate parental rights of a parent who has been convicted of certain sex crimes

This bill would require a juvenile court to find that a person is unable to properly care for a child and to discharge his or her responsibilities to and for the child, and to terminate the parental rights of that person, in any case where the juvenile court finds from clear and convincing evidence that the person committed rape, incest, sodomy, sexual torture, or sexual abuse against another person and that rape, incest, sodomy, sexual torture, or sexual abuse resulted in the conception of the child

To amend Section 12-15-319, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2019-512, 2019 Regular Session; to require a juvenile court to terminate the parental rights of a person, in any case where the juvenile court finds from clear and convincing evidence that the person committed rape, incest, sodomy, sexual torture, or sexual abuse against another person and the commission of that act resulted in the conception of a child.