In the Interest of E.C.R., Child

We require the State to overcome significant burdens before removing a child from his parent. These impediments are essential to protect the parent’s fundamental liberty interest in the companionship, care, custody, and management of her children. 1 But “[j]ust as it is imperative for courts to recognize the constitutional underpinnings of the parent-child relationship, it is also essential that emotional and physical interests of the child not be sacrificed merely to preserve that right.” In re C.H., 89 S.W.3d 17, 26 (Tex.2002). 2

The Family Code allows a court to terminate a parent’s rights…