Can the biological father’s parental rights be terminated even where his paternity has not been proved?
Yes. Any alleged biological fathers can have their rights terminated, along with the mother’s and her husband (if she is married). If the mother names five different men that could possibly be the father of her child, then all five men will be part of one lawsuit to terminate parental rights. One of the men cannot go back and say that his rights were improperly terminated, because he did not believe he was the father at the time of the hearing.
