Jade's Law: Parents who kill the other parent will have rights to their children removed

So the woman who kills her abusive husband will also lose custody of her kids?

I haven’t heard about this yet. My first thought was how does this relate to women who have killed abusive partners? There are a high number of the women in prison for murder who have gone through long term extreme abuse and have then killed their partner. I’d have to look into it more to know more around what rights most women have around their children after this, I’d think it depends on many factors such as child’s age, the crime itself etc and the general way foster care works. But as many children are removed because of domestic violence (and would be if a parent murdered another) and these children may be released by the courts for adoption (where the birth parent loses parental rights) I’m just wondering how widespread the impact will be? I’d assume it would be for the children who tend to remain in foster care or kinship care. Obviously I know little about this law and so I am probably totally off the mark re thinking of women who kill their partners after abuse. Equally, I see the point in it when an abusive partner retains control over the children via decision making when those children are in foster care. This should be picked up, but it will definitely be being missed for some children.