In Re the Department of Public Welfare to Dispense With Consent to Adoption

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• unfitness is standard by which courts \measure the circumstances within the family as they affect the child's welfare\
• \[T]he State does not act to punish misbehaving parents; rather it acts to protect endangered children\
• \[T]he term 'unfitness' signifies something more than a standard by which we measure the limits of acceptable parental conduct[; it] is a standard by which we measure the circumstances within the family as they affect the child's welfare\

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