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HB48Introduced in the House of Delegates

Family Law - Children in Need of Assistance and Termination of Parental Rights (Right to Fight Act)

IntroducedHouse Judiciary

Introduced by Karen Toles, District 25

What does this bill do?

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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

  1. Pre-filed

  2. First Reading Judiciary

  3. Hearing 1/29 at 2:00 p.m.

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