Report of the Governor's Committee to Promote Adoption Page: 12
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approved service plan goals. This action in effect would
force parents to decide if they are responsible enough to
correct the conditions that make their home unsafe for
the child, or if they prefer to relinquish parental rights
so the child is free for placement in a permanent home
which is safe and nurturing.
Legislative
We recommend the use of legislative power to:
a) Establish a "Putative Father's Registry" like other
states, which requires positive action on the part of a
father to establish his parental rights. If he is not wed to
the mother, providing financial or emotional support,
and does not register within 30 days after the child's
birth, he loses all parental rights to the child. b) Clarify
that child abuse is illegal by establishing a system to
monitor local law enforcement's investigation and
prosecution of PRS cases. Additionally, c) legislate
criteria for expedited termination of parental rights for
abandonment, for those parents at the high end of
abuse or neglect and where prospects for safe
reunification are remote, such as drug and alcohol
problems and past history of incidents and failure to
meet service plan goals.12
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Texas. Governor's Committee to Promote Adoption. Report of the Governor's Committee to Promote Adoption, report, September 1996; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1204048/m1/12/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.