HB48Introduced in the House of Delegates
Family Law - Children in Need of Assistance and Termination of Parental Rights (Right to Fight Act)
Introduced by Karen Toles, District 25
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
Repealing a provision that authorizes a local department of social services to ask the juvenile court to find that reasonable efforts to reunify a child with the child's parent or guardian are not required if the local department concludes that a parent or guardian has involuntarily lost parental rights to a sibling of the child; and repealing the authorization for a juvenile court to waive a local department's obligation to provide certain services if a parent has involuntarily lost certain parental rights.
Where it stands
Hearing 1/29 at 2:00 p.m.
January 16, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.
Bill history
Pre-filed
First Reading Judiciary
Hearing 1/29 at 2:00 p.m.
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