Lil Miss Smarty Panties said:
Would you mind directing me to a site where I can research this? I've been doing a search for about an hour now and all I can find is information on what reasons each state would terminate rights but nothing about which states terminate all obligations. I find this extremely interesting.
I don't know that there is " a site" where you can research what rights are terminated by which state. But you can research the information by looking at the particular state's law. For example:
Tex. Fam. Code
§ 161.206. Order Terminating Parental Rights
(a) If the court finds by clear and convincing evidence grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship, it shall render an order terminating the parent-child relationship.
(b) An order terminating the parent-child relationship divests the parent and the child of all legal rights and duties with respect to each other, except that the child retains the right to inherit from and through the parent unless the court otherwise provides.
(c) Nothing in this chapter precludes or affects the rights of a biological or adoptive maternal or paternal grandparent to reasonable access under Chapter 153.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 709, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, § 72, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.