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TPR is almost always filed by DCF, when it believes that the parent/child relationship has broken down beyond repair, and termination would be in the best interest of the child. In practice, this usually occurs for a committed child in a Neglect case, when DCF feels that the parents have not “rehabilitated” themselves in a reasonable amount of time.
