A birth father could appeal a mother’s request to terminate parental rights. If a mother attempts to terminate a father’s rights, there must be an adoptive father taking the place of the current father. It is usually a stepfather when there is a biological or legal father that is not involved in the child’s life.
The mother must then prove that there are grounds to terminate the father’s rights at the trial court level. If a father’s rights are terminated at the trial court level, the father has the right to appeal the ruling and those cases are given priority. By working with an attorney, father’s could assert their rights and maintain their roll in the child’s life.