again .. inside the document YOU posted .. did you bother to read it before posting?
https://www.dfps.state.tx.us/documen...ermination.pdf
Texas Girl Was Taken Away From Parents Because They Smoked Pot, Killed in Foster Care
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again .. inside the document YOU posted .. did you bother to read it before posting?
https://www.dfps.state.tx.us/documen...ermination.pdf
And again you don't bother with a citation. Why is this?
that's total horse manure .. gave an exact document ,, go read it
I have read it. This is why I believe your statements to be false. I'm not going to go tit-for-tat here. You're free to keep linking to it indirectly as a copout rather than citing its content in the discussion.
Bye Felicia.
ok more horse manure .. if you actually read it? why would you state it's not possible to take terminate parental rights for pot use, when document plainly states use of any illegal drugs can be used as basis for taking away a child from biological parents.
when you make a mistake .. it's usually better to admit it and get it over with ... so get over it!
In law, we don't cite to a book, we cite to a page (or, better yet, a paragraph, in some systems) or specific statute and subpart. Help us out here.
page 1 of the document originally link by lightningcrash states 25 reasons are grounds for termination of parental rights (only one is needed). then proceeds to list all 25 reasons along with sub categories.
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Long-term alcohol- or drug-induced incapacity of the parent(s)
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The parent is unable to discharge parental responsibilities because of mental illness, mental deficiency, or a history of chronic abuse of dangerous drugs or alcohol, and there are reasonable grounds to believe that the condition will continue for a prolonged period.
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Drug-related activity continues to exist in the child’s home environment after intervention and services have been provided.
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Excessive use of or history of chronic unrehabilitated abuse of intoxicating liquors or narcotic or dangerous drugs or controlled substances
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The use of intoxicating liquors or dangerous drugs that render the parent unable to care for a child
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The parent suffers from a condition that is reasonably likely to continue for a prolonged, indeterminate period, such as alcohol or drug addiction, mental deficiency or mental illness, and the condition makes the parent unlikely to provide minimally acceptable care for the child
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The parent has a diagnosable condition that makes the parent unable to assume minimally, acceptable care of the child that is unlikely to change within a reasonable time, such as alcohol or drug addiction, severe mental deficiencies or mental illness, or extreme physical incapacitation.
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The parent is unfit because of a consistent pattern of committing a specific abuse, including, but not limited to, domestic abuse, child abuse, or drug abuse before the child.
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Excessive use of intoxicating liquor or of a narcotic or dangerous drug that affects the parent’s ability to care and provide for the child
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The parent is unfit by reason of debauchery, habitual use of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drugs, or repeated lewd and lascivious behavior
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Excessive use of intoxicating liquors, controlled substances, or dangerous drugs
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Allows the child to be present in an environment subjecting the child to a controlled substance, chemical substance, or drug paraphernalia
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The parent has placed the child at substantial risk of harm two or more times due to alcohol or drug abuse and has rejected treatment two or more times.
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The parent has a diagnosable condition unlikely to change within a reasonable time including, but not limited to, alcohol or drug addiction, mental deficiency, mental illness, or extreme physical incapacity, and the condition makes the parent unable or unlikely to provide minimally acceptable care of the child. It is presumed that the parent’s condition is unlikely to change within a reasonable time upon proof that the parent has been required to participate in a treatment program for alcohol or drug addiction and has failed two or more times to complete the program successfully.
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Has a documented history of abuse and neglect associated with chronic alcohol or drug abuse • Has exposed the child to or demonstrated an inability to protect the child from substantial harm or the risk of substantial harm, and the child or another child has been removed from the parent’s custody because the removed child was adjudicated abused and neglected by a court on at least one previous occasion
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Habitual or excessive use of intoxicating liquors, controlled substances, or dangerous drugs that render the parent unable to care for the child
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Habitual abuse or addiction to intoxicating liquors, narcotics, or other dangerous drugs
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The parent has habitually abused or is addicted to intoxicating liquors, narcotics, or other dangerous drugs to the extent that proper parental ability has been seriously impaired
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The abusing parent has habitually abused or is addicted to alcohol, controlled substances, or drugs to the extent that proper parenting skills have been seriously impaired and such person or persons have not responded to or followed through the recommended and appropriate treatment.
Long-term alcohol- or drug-induced incapacity of the parent(s)
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The parent is unable to discharge parental responsibilities because of mental illness, mental deficiency, or a history of chronic abuse of dangerous drugs or alcohol, and there are reasonable grounds to believe that the condition will continue for a prolonged period.
Pg 17
Drug-related activity continues to exist in the child’s home environment after intervention and services have been provided.
Pg 19
Excessive use of or history of chronic unrehabilitated abuse of intoxicating liquors or narcotic or dangerous drugs or controlled substances
Pg 28
The use of intoxicating liquors or dangerous drugs that render the parent unable to care for a child
Pg 35
The parent suffers from a condition that is reasonably likely to continue for a prolonged, indeterminate period, such as alcohol or drug addiction, mental deficiency or mental illness, and the condition makes the parent unlikely to provide minimally acceptable care for the child
Pg 39
The parent has a diagnosable condition that makes the parent unable to assume minimally, acceptable care of the child that is unlikely to change within a reasonable time, such as alcohol or drug addiction, severe mental deficiencies or mental illness, or extreme physical incapacitation.
Pg 40
The parent is unfit because of a consistent pattern of committing a specific abuse, including, but not limited to, domestic abuse, child abuse, or drug abuse before the child.
Pg 42
Excessive use of intoxicating liquor or of a narcotic or dangerous drug that affects the parent’s ability to care and provide for the child
Pg 43
The parent is unfit by reason of debauchery, habitual use of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drugs, or repeated lewd and lascivious behavior
Pg 44
Excessive use of intoxicating liquors, controlled substances, or dangerous drugs
Pg 53
Allows the child to be present in an environment subjecting the child to a controlled substance, chemical substance, or drug paraphernalia
Pg 55
The parent has placed the child at substantial risk of harm two or more times due to alcohol or drug abuse and has rejected treatment two or more times.
Pg 63
The parent has a diagnosable condition unlikely to change within a reasonable time including, but not limited to, alcohol or drug addiction, mental deficiency, mental illness, or extreme physical incapacity, and the condition makes the parent unable or unlikely to provide minimally acceptable care of the child. It is presumed that the parent’s condition is unlikely to change within a reasonable time upon proof that the parent has been required to participate in a treatment program for alcohol or drug addiction and has failed two or more times to complete the program successfully.
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Has a documented history of abuse and neglect associated with chronic alcohol or drug abuse • Has exposed the child to or demonstrated an inability to protect the child from substantial harm or the risk of substantial harm, and the child or another child has been removed from the parent’s custody because the removed child was adjudicated abused and neglected by a court on at least one previous occasion
Pg 69
Habitual or excessive use of intoxicating liquors, controlled substances, or dangerous drugs that render the parent unable to care for the child
Pg 71
Habitual abuse or addiction to intoxicating liquors, narcotics, or other dangerous drugs
Pg 73
The parent has habitually abused or is addicted to intoxicating liquors, narcotics, or other dangerous drugs to the extent that proper parental ability has been seriously impaired
Pg 76
The abusing parent has habitually abused or is addicted to alcohol, controlled substances, or drugs to the extent that proper parenting skills have been seriously impaired and such person or persons have not responded to or followed through the recommended and appropriate treatment.
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