In Re Dependency of IJS

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• rejecting the argument that the State must prove that dependency guardianship is not a viable alternative to termination, regardless of whether a dependency guardianship petition has been filed
• The state has an obligation to intervene and protect a child from harm in a termination proceeding.
• \[T]he termination statutes are narrowly drawn because the State must prove that the relationship with the parents harms or potentially harms the child before the court can terminate parental rights.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).