153 So. 3d 1077 - State ex rel. A.G.B.’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “In termination proceedings, the court must carefully balance the interests of the children and the interests of the parents. State ex rel. J.M., 02-2089, p. 8 (La.1/28/03), 837 So.2d 1247 , 1262. While a parent has a natural fundamental interest in the continuing companionship, care, and custody of their children, the child has a profound interest in terminating parental rights that prevent adoption and inhibit establishing secure, stable, long-term and continuous, relationships found in a home with proper parental care. State ex rel L.B. v. G.B.B., 02-1715, p. 4 (La.12/4/02), 831 So.2d 918, 921 ; State ex rel G.J.L,, 00-3278, p. 6 (La.6/29/01), 791 So.2d 80 , 85; Lehman v. Lycoming County Children’s Services Agency, 468 U.S. 602 , 102 S.Ct. 3231 , 73 L.Ed.2d 928 (1982). In balancing these interests, courts have consistently found that the interest of the child is paramount oyer that of the parent. State ex rel. G.J.L., 00-3278 at p. 6, 791 So.2d at 85. State ex rel. D.D.M., 07-1017, pp. 7-8 (La.App. 5 Cir. 3/25/08), 983 So.2d 141 , 145.”

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