Dupree v. Texas Department of Protective & Regulatory Services

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that parents’ “drug-related conduct is a significant factor” to which the factfinder “could have attached great weight in evaluating the best interests of the child”
• allowing a factfinder to give significant weight to a parent’s drug-related conduct in making a best-interest finding
• discussing how an endangering environment can be created by a parent = s involvement with narcotics
• discussing how an endangering environment can be created by a parent’s involvement with narcotics
• “The goal of establishing a stable, permanent home for a child is a compelling interest of the government.”
• “The goal of establishing a stable, permanent home for a child is a compelling interest of the government.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).