Posted on Feb 25, 2013. The statutory time frame is six months of a parent failing or refusing to perform parental duties immediately preceding the filing of a Petition to Involuntarily Terminate Parental Rights. Your significant other will have to be ready and willing to adopt the children before the Court will hear the petition to terminate. More @Wikipedia
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