We are asked to decide the appropriate appellate standard to review the factual sufficiency of
the evidence in parental termination cases, in which the burden of proof at trial is by clear and …

… alternative: to abandon hope for habilitation and release him because of "maladaptive
behavior"—in the bureaucratic language of the state regulations [17] —in effect … [2] 89 SW3d at …

… In reviewing termination findings for factual sufficiency, a court of appeals must give due deference
to a jury's factfindings, In re CH, 89 SW3d 17, 27 (Tex.2002), and should not supplant …

… n. 39. [14] 61 SW3d 691, 700 (Tex.App.-Fort Worth 2001, pet. denied), disapproved
of on other grounds by In re CH, 89 SW3d 17 (Tex. 2002). [15] 89 …

… 1388, 71 L.Ed.2d 599 (1982) (internal quotation marks omitted). [15] In re CH, 89 SW3d 17,
26 (Tex. 2002). [16] TEX. FAM … [22] In re CH, 89 SW3d 17, 25 (Tex. 2002) …

… Thus, in In re CH, we articulated a factual sufficiency standard to strike an appropriate balance
between these competing principles. 89 SW3d 17, 25 (Tex.2002) …

… sought to be proved. TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 101.007 (Vernon 2002); In re CH, 89
SW3d 17, 25-26 (Tex.2002). When reviewing legal sufficiency of …

… Holley v. Adams, 544 SW2d 367, 372 (Tex.1976) and In re CH, 89 SW3d 17, 27 (Tex.2002);
In re SL, 188 SW3d 388, 393 (Tex.App.-Dallas 2006, no pet.) …

… 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 CH, 89 SW3d 17, 26 (Tex.2002) …

… decisions than for those regarding conservatorship. See In re JFC, 96 SW3d at 266; In re
CH, 89 SW3d 17, 25 (Tex.2002). In evaluating the factual sufficiency …