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IN RE E.C.R.

No. 12-0744.

402 S.W.3d 239 (2013)

In the Interest of E.C.R., child.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 14, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crow, Juliane Phillips , Attorney at Law, Houston, TX, for Other interested party Guardian Ad Litem.

Sandra D. Hachem , Vincent Reed Ryan Jr. , Houston, TX, for Petitioner Department of Family & Protective Services.

William M. Thursland , Houston, TX, for Respondent R., M.

Chief Justice JEFFERSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

We require the State to overcome significant burdens before removing a child from his parent. These impediments are essential to protect the parent's fundamental liberty interest in the companionship, care, custody, and management of her children.1 But "[j]ust as it is imperative for courts to recognize the constitutional underpinnings of the parent-child relationship, it is also...

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