In Re Damien G.M.

Syllabus

This is a termination of parental rights case. Father/Appellant appeals the termination of his parental rights to the minor child on the grounds of: (1) abandonment by willful failure to provide a suitable home and willful failure to support (2) substantial noncompliance with the requirements of the permanency plan and (3) persistence of the conditions that led to the child's removal from Father's home. Father also appeals the trial court's finding that termination of his parental rights is in the child's best interest. Because Appellee has failed to meet its burden to prove, by clear and convincing evidence, any of the grounds for termination of Father's parental, we reverse and remand.