In the Interest of Dameron

How courts have described this case

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• observing “evidence of the parent’s past performance . . . may be indicative of the quality of the future care 10 that parent is capable of providing”
• stating, “[t]his court has often recognized that there exists a parental interest in the integrity of the family unit; nonetheless we also are cognizant that this interest is not absolute, but rather may be forfeited by certain parental conduct”
• noting we cannot deprive a child of permanency after the State has proved a ground for termination under section 232.116(1) by hoping someday a parent will learn to be a parent and be able to provide a stable home for the child
• “[T]he State, as parens patriae, has the duty to assure that every child within its borders receives proper care and treatment, [and] it must intercede when parents abdicate that responsibility.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).