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The article presents several case law of the U.S. Topics discussed include court case of "Bob S. v. State, Dep't of Health & Soc. Serv." in which termination of parental rights had occured; "Gomez v. State" court case depicts the child abuse and felony murder; and court case "Matter of Doe" in which termination of mother's and father's parental rights to seven minor children has done by the Appellate court as the father was child molester.

The article offers information on the increase in the use of state child welfare agencies' report card. Topics discussed include data from the report cards are being used in litigation; purpose of a report card is to communicate the nature of the progress being made toward an agreed-upon performance-based standard or standard of care; and need to support a decision terminating parental rights.

The article discusses court case In re N.A., 879 N.W.2d 82 wherein child's guardian ad litem (GAL) failed to interview child's father and his due process rights were not violated in termination of parental rights proceeding. It states that juvenile court terminated the father's rights, concluding the father's right to due process and equal treatment under the law was not violated. It mentions that grounds for termination exist under statute and the judicial referee made alternate findings.

The article discusses key decisions from several U.S. court cases. It notes that the Arizona Court of Appeals is considering the issue of incarceration as ground for termination of parental rights in Jeffrey P. v. Department of Child Safety, 2016. In Whitehead v. Arkansas Department of Human Services, 2016, the Arkansas Court of Appeals remanded the case to further determine the status of the father's parental rights to his twin children.