Allows victims of rape to terminate parental rights of the rapist
Massachusetts H1713 allows victims of rape to petition to terminate the parental rights of the rapist. The bill permits a married woman to file a petition to terminate her husband's parental rights if the child was conceived through rape. It also allows the mother of a child born from rape to petition to terminate the rapist's parental rights. The court must accept a guilty plea or conviction of unlawful sexual battery as proof that the child was conceived by a violation of criminal law. The court presumes that terminating the rapist's parental rights is in the best interest of the child.
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