Understanding Your Rights as a Parent

The child welfare agency must help return your child to you. The court will want to know what the agency is doing to help you. Remember, your lawyer works for you. Ask your lawyer for help with any of these issues. State policy gives you gives you gives you rights and responsibilities as a parent after your child is removed and placed in someone your child is removed and placed in someone else’s care. else’s care. This includes the right includes the right includes the right to visit your child your child unless a judge orders otherwise and the right to consent to your child’s marriage.