The giving-up of custodial and legal rights to a child by a birth parent. This is a legally binding, permanent procedure involving the signing of legal documents and court action.

a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.

the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.

a piece of relinquished or abandoned land

Voluntary termination of parental rights.

when a birthparent voluntarily forfeits his or her parental rights to a child. The parental rights are typically transferred to an agency, rather than directly to the new adoptive parents.

( See also Surrender papers) – the legal process by which birth parents voluntarily surrender rights to parent their children. After relinquishment, birth parents have no legal right to further contact with the children.

The procedure whereby a right to divert or withdraw water is surrendered to the state. Relinquishment includes the forfeiture or abandonment of a right coupled with recognition by the state that forfeiture or abandonment has occurred.

The legal process by which a birth parent voluntarily surrenders their rights as parents of a child.

(See also Surrender papers)—the legal process by which birth parents free their children for adoption. After relinquishment, birth parents have no legal right to have further contact with the children.

Legal process by which birth parents voluntarily terminate their parental rights in order to free their child for adoption through a licensed agency.

legal act by which birth parents consent to an adoption and give up all legal rights to a child so an adoption can take place.