General advice follows:
To request the expungement of an offense from your STATE (not Federal) criminal record: You must have been exonerated, acquited, or served the complete term of your sentence - then you must file a petition/motion with the court of the state in which you were convicted (which may not necessarily be your current state of residence) - setting forth valid reason(s) why your request should be granted. A judge of that court will review your petition and the circumstances of your case and issue a ruling either granting or denying the request. AN EXPUNGEMENT IS NOT A PARDON! Expungement only removes the record of your offense from being viewable by the public. Law enforcement, the courts, and government agencies will always have access to your actual 'true' record.
FELONS CONVICTED IN STATE COURT OF STATE CRIMES: If your expungement is granted you will still remain subject to whatever restrictions your state and Federal Laws place on you (e.g.- voting rights - elective office - firearms/ammunition possession - etc). UNLESS - you are a resident of a state which completely or partially restores your "privileges" (you will have to do your own research to learn if these exceptions apply to your state).
FEDERALLY CONVICTED FELONS: CAUTION: If you were convicted in FEDERAL Court of a FEDERAL FELONY regardless of what your state may do, it will not matter. It is a felony offense for any federally convicted felon to ever own or possess a firearm (including black powder arms). The U.S. Criminal Code, makes the penalty for the illegal possession of a firearm (including black powder weapons) a mandatory minimum of fifteen (15) years in prison, in some cases (Title 18 U.S.C. sec 924(e)(1). At this time FEDERALLY convicted felons have no solution to their firearm disqualification. Congress has continually denied funds this purpose, thereby effectively eliminating the review of federal felons' petitions for restoration of their firearms privileges.
As long as you are a human being, you have certain civil rights (e.g. Freedom of speech). If you are currently living in a country that denies these rights, I'm afraid that there are only three ways to do that. 1. A massive movement of oppressed people 2. Leaving the country 3. Avoiding the situation that removes your civil rights
If your in the U.S. or Canada, bringing enough evidence of having your civil rights taken away to court can not only get your rights back, but can give you a pretty good lump of cash too.
In America, you cannot lose your civil rights - those rights that all residents have. IF you CAN lose the legal authority to do something, it was never a right. You can lose your authority to drive or practice medicine - those are privileges, not rights.
You can lose your authority to vote, so that is not a civil right. You can never lose your authority to speak about political matters without government restriction, so that IS a civil right.
Even explicit civil rights are limited - The 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits SOME employers from factoring race, sex, or religion in employment decisions. Most US employers are exempt from the Civil Rights Act.
gotta go to courthouse for that
No. A voluntary relinquishment of parental rights is permanent and cannot be rescinded.
Custody, not parental rights.
You can get your rights back as a parent once you have come back to the country and state of Massachusetts.
There is no route to regaining parental rights once they have been legally and voluntarily terminated.
You can not get visitation rights if you gave up your parental rights.
If you have owed it up to that point and haven't paid it, more than likely.
Parents usually have to pay for their child even if it is the state that has custody. The child is taken away and parental rights terminated in order to protect the child. If you want your parental rights back and custody you will have to turn to the court.
Parental rights are not inherited. They can be specified in a particular clause of the will.
You do not have parental rights to your grandchild. Only his parents do.
Yes and no, depending on the circumstances. Not if the child was adopted.
Depends on why you signed them away. If it was for temporary treatment you can but not if the child was adopted. When it comes to foster care. the court would have to be convinced the situation has changed and that you wont do it again.
You need a good lawyer and have to go back to court. Coercion is hard to prove. You have to try for the parental rights first but courts are not that keen on giving it back. They are scared you might do it again and they think about the child. Talk to a lawyer about your chances.