TITLE XII
PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE

CHAPTER 170-C
TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS

Section 170-C:12

    170-C:12 Effect of Decree. – An order terminating the parent-child relationship shall divest the parent and the child of all legal rights, privileges, duties and obligations. A guardian appointed under this chapter may give his consent to the adoption of such child in lieu of the parents whose parent-child relationship has been terminated by the decree of the court. The rights of inheritance of both the parent and the child shall not be divested until the adoption of said child.

Source. 1973, 523:1, eff. Aug. 31, 1973.