On Tue, 28 Jul 1998 18:17:20 -0500, you wrote: >The first was a well check on a three year old who's mom asked my advise about terminating paternal rights of the bio-dad who had not been part of this child's life in all three years. Just a question from the UK: what are paternal rights, and what does terminating them mean? This side of the pond, we have Parental Responsibilities, which can only be taken away by adoption. I assume we're talking legal concepts here, not social roles. All the best Tim F -- <!--- --->