In Re Channing M.

Syllabus

This is a termination of parental rights case. After the death of the mother, petitioner— the child's maternal grandmother—sought to terminate the father's parental rights on four grounds: abandonment by failure to support the child abandonment by failure to support the mother abandonment by failure to visit the child and failure to manifest ability to take custody of the child. The trial court found that clear and convincing evidence existed to terminate father's parental rights only on the ground of abandonment by failure to support the child. The trial court further found that termination was in the best interests of the child. We affirm.