How does this work...(This actually does what I want it to, but I am amazed that JQuery can figure out how to select from an array)
function get_selected_rows() { var selected_rows = new Array(); $("#sortable_table tbody :checkbox:checked").each(function() { selected_rows.push($(this).parent().parent()); }); return selected_rows; } $(get_selected_rows()).parent().parent().remove();