B.D., In re (2021) D078014 D078014; filed 7/27/21. ![[Files/CaseFiles/D078014.PDF]] [Opinion PDF](https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/archive/D078014.PDF) ## Rule excerpts Parental-benefit exception; quoting In re Caden C. (2021) 11 Cal.5th 614, 637–638. > Accordingly, “[p]arents need not show that they are ‘actively involved in maintaining their sobriety or complying substantially with their case plan’ ” and “[a] parent’s continued struggles with the issues leading to dependency are not a categorical bar to applying the exception.” (Ibid.) Nonetheless, a parent’s struggle with such issues are relevant “to the extent they inform the specific questions before the court: would the child benefit from continuing the relationship and be harmed, on balance, by losing it?” (Id. at p. 638.) — B.D., In re (2021) D078014, slip op., p. 8.