In the fiscal year of 2021, parental rights were terminated ****** times in the United States. This is an increase from the previous year, when parental rights were terminated in ****** cases nationwide.
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Administration for Children & Families. (November 30, 2022). Number of terminations of parental rights in the United States from the fiscal year of 2008 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 11, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/633207/annual-terminations-of-parental-rights-us/
Administration for Children & Families. "Number of terminations of parental rights in the United States from the fiscal year of 2008 to 2021." Chart. November 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/633207/annual-terminations-of-parental-rights-us/
Administration for Children & Families. (2022). Number of terminations of parental rights in the United States from the fiscal year of 2008 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/633207/annual-terminations-of-parental-rights-us/
Administration for Children & Families. "Number of Terminations of Parental Rights in The United States from The Fiscal Year of 2008 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/633207/annual-terminations-of-parental-rights-us/
Administration for Children & Families, Number of terminations of parental rights in the United States from the fiscal year of 2008 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/633207/annual-terminations-of-parental-rights-us/ (last visited July 11, 2025)
Number of terminations of parental rights in the United States from the fiscal year of 2008 to 2021 [Graph], Administration for Children & Families, November 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/633207/annual-terminations-of-parental-rights-us/