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Committee clears bill to ease relinquishment and fee requirements for parents of children conceived by sexual assault
Summary
Senators advanced House Bill 1185 after survivors and advocates urged easier access to juvenile-court relinquishment and reduced counseling and fee barriers for parents seeking to terminate an assailant's parental rights; the committee later placed the measure on the consent calendar with no objection.
The Senate Judiciary Committee moved House Bill 1185 forward after testimony from survivor‑advocates, victim-service providers and attorneys who said the measure reduces procedural barriers for parents seeking to relinquish parental rights or to remove an assailant’s parental rights in cases where a child was conceived as a result of sexual assault.
Sponsor Sen. Weisman said the bill does not change the substantive standard the juvenile court applies — the court must still find…
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