In the fiscal year of 2020, parental rights were terminated 63,800 times in the United States. This is a decrease from the previous year, when parental rights were terminated in 71,900 cases nationwide.
Number of terminations of parental rights in the United States from the fiscal year of 2008 to 2020
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Administration for Children & Families. (November 30, 2021). Number of terminations of parental rights in the United States from the fiscal year of 2008 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 09, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/633207/annual-terminations-of-parental-rights-us/
Administration for Children & Families. "Number of terminations of parental rights in the United States from the fiscal year of 2008 to 2020." Chart. November 30, 2021. Statista. Accessed February 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/633207/annual-terminations-of-parental-rights-us/
Administration for Children & Families. (2021). Number of terminations of parental rights in the United States from the fiscal year of 2008 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/633207/annual-terminations-of-parental-rights-us/
Administration for Children & Families. "Number of Terminations of Parental Rights in The United States from The Fiscal Year of 2008 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/633207/annual-terminations-of-parental-rights-us/
Administration for Children & Families, Number of terminations of parental rights in the United States from the fiscal year of 2008 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/633207/annual-terminations-of-parental-rights-us/ (last visited February 09, 2023)
Number of terminations of parental rights in the United States from the fiscal year of 2008 to 2020 [Graph], Administration for Children & Families, November 30, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/633207/annual-terminations-of-parental-rights-us/