California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Basilio T., In re, 4 Cal.App.4th 155, 5 Cal.Rptr.2d 450 (Cal. App. 1992):
This heightened burden of proof is appropriate in light of the constitutionally protected rights of parents to the care, custody and management of the children. (See Santosky v. Kramer (1982) 455 U.S. 745, 753, 102 S.Ct. 1388, 1394, 71 L.Ed.2d 599.)
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