Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/5848
Title: Termination of parental rights in New York: Why such a variation by county?
Authors: Pollack, Daniel
Weinberger, Bari Z.
0000-0001-7323-6928
Keywords: Termination of Parental Rights (TPR)
child welfare
Issue Date: 27-Jul-2020
Publisher: Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
Citation: Pollack, Daniel and Weinberger, Bari Z. (July 2020). Termination of parental rights in New York: Why such a variation by county? Family Court Review: An interdisciplinary journal. 58(3): 793-803.
Series/Report no.: Family Court Review: An interdisciplinary journal.;58(3)
Abstract: Termination of parental rights (“TPR”) ends the parent–child relationship though a process governed by state law. As a recent analysis of federal data revealed, TPR rates vary widely by state. In West Virginia, the TPR rate was 283 per 100,000. In New York State, the focus of this article, there were approximately 30 TPRs for every 100,000 children in 2014. Within New York State, TPR rates vary by county. In this exploratory piece, we analyze TPR rates in New York by county, noting discrepancies and seeking possible explanations for these variations, including possible effects of income disparities, single‐parent households, poor mental health, binge drinking, and drug addiction. This is an initial exploration only, and is not intended to be a rigorous quantitative study. Rather, our scope arises from what we have noticed from front line practice. It is our hope that researchers will use our exploratory findings for extended analysis, including analysis of TPR data from other states.
Description: Scholarly article
URI: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/fcre.12513
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/5848
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