In re T.J., No. 05-22-00954-CV, 2023 WL 1988838, at *3 (Tex. App.- Dallas Feb. 14, 2023, no pet.) (mem. op.).
In re T.J., No. 05-22-00954-CV, 2023 WL 1988838, at *3 (Tex. App.-Dallas Feb. 14, 2023, no pet.) (mem. op.) (citing In re R.B., No. 05-21-00043-CV, 2021 WL 2943927, at *7-9 (Tex. App.-Dallas July 9, 2021, no pet.)
The best-interest element is child-centered and focuses on the child's wellbeing, safety, and development. In re T.J., No. 05-22-00954-CV, 2023 WL 1988838, at *9 (Tex. App.-Dallas Feb. 14, 2023, no pet.) (mem. op.)
A parent's conduct that subjects a child to a life of uncertainty and instability endangers the child's physical and emotional well-being. In re T.J., No. 05-22-00954-CV, 2023 WL 1988838, at *3 (Tex. App.-Dallas Feb. 14, 2023, no pet.) (mem. op.); In re R.W., 129 S.W.3d 732, 739 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth 2004, pet. denied)
A parent's conduct that subjects a child to a life of uncertainty and instability endangers the child's physical and emotional well-being. In re T.J., No. 05-22-00954-CV, 2023 WL 1988838, at *3 (Tex. App.-Dallas Feb. 14, 2023, no pet.) (mem. op.);
Although an appellate court's review must be "exacting," in light of the constitutional interests at stake, it must not be so rigorous as to require, in effect, proof beyond a reasonable doubt. In re T.J., No. 05-22-00954-CV, 2023 WL 1988838, at *3 (Tex. App.-Dallas Feb. 14, 2023, no pet.) (mem. op.).
Cf. In re T.J., No. 05-22-00954-CV, 2023 WL 1988838, at *9 (Tex. App.-Dallas Feb. 14, 2023, no pet.) (mem. op.)
(mem. op.) (citing In re T.J., No. 05-22-00954-CV, 2023 WL 1988838, at *9 (Tex. App.- Dallas Feb. 14, 2023, no pet.) (mem. op.)).
Our standards of review reflect the elevated burden of proof at trial. In re T.J., No. 05-22-00954-CV, 2023 WL 1988838, at *2 (Tex. App.-Dallas Feb. 14, 2023, no pet.) (mem. op.). Under both legal-sufficiency and factual-sufficiency standards, we consider all the evidence, defer to the factfinder's determinations as to witness credibility, and determine whether the factfinder could reasonably form a firm belief or conviction that the grounds for termination were proven.
A parent endangers her child's physical or emotional well-being if her conduct exposes the child to a life of uncertainty and instability. In re T.J., No. 05-22-00954-CV, 2023 WL 1988838, at *3 (Tex. App.-Dallas Feb. 14, 2023, no pet.) (mem. op.). Thus, a parent's use of illegal drugs-particularly after a child's removal-