In Re Alexis C.

Syllabus

This is a termination of parental rights case involving the parental rights of the mother, Bethany C. (\Mother\), to her minor child, Alexis C. (\the Child\), who was two years of age at the time of trial. The Child was born in 2014 to Mother and Jeremy C. (\Father\). In August 2015, the Maury County Juvenile Court (\trial court\) entered an order removing the Child from Mother's custody and placing the Child into the temporary legal custody of the Tennessee Department of Children's Services (\DCS\). The Child was immediately placed in foster care, where she remained at the time of trial. The trial court subsequently entered an order on October 12, 2015, wherein the trial court found that the Child was dependent and neglected due to Mother's and Father's incarceration. On August 23, 2016, DCS filed a petition to terminate the parental rights of Mother and Father. Following a bench trial, the trial court terminated Mother's parental rights to the Child upon determining by clear and convincing evidence that (1) Mother had abandoned the Child by failing to provide a suitable home, (2) Mother had failed to substantially comply with the requirements of the permanency plans, (3) the conditions leading to removal still persisted and other conditions persisted that would in all probability cause the Child to be subjected to further abuse or neglect, and (4) Mother had failed to manifest an ability and willingness to personally assume custody of and financial responsibility for the Child. The court further found clear and convincing evidence that termination of Mother's parental rights was in the best interest of the Child. Mother has appealed. Discerning no reversible error, we affirm.