What is the test for terminating a parent's parental rights?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from San Diego Cnty. Health & Human Servs. Agency v. Alexis M. (In re S.O.), D070321 (Cal. App. 2016):
At a permanency planning hearing, the court may order one of three alternativesadoption, guardianship or long-term foster care. (In re S.B. (2008) 164 Cal.App.4th 289, 296-297.) If a child is adoptable, there is a strong preference for adoption over the alternative permanency plans. (Id. at p. 297; San Diego County Dept. of Social Services v. Superior Court (1996) 13 Cal.4th 882, 888.) If the court determines that a child is likely to be adopted, the burden shifts to the parent to show that termination of parental rights would be detrimental to the child under one of the exceptions listed in
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