Greene County Juvenile Office v. D.W.H.
Greene County Juvenile Office v. D.W.H.
Opinion of the Court
D.W.H. (“Father”), the father of D.A.H. and W.D.H. (“the children”), claims in his sole point that the trial court erred in finding that it was in the best interests of the children that Father’s parental rights be terminated. He claims that it is against the logic of the circumstances to find that the children do not have healthy emotional ties to him because visitation and a family integration plan was denied to him. He also claims that there was no evidence that he was financially able to support the children while he was incarcerated. The evidence as presented to the trial court contradicts Father’s claims; thus, we deny his point and affirm the termination judgment.
Only the facts that are necessary for the analysis of Father’s point will be set forth. When the children came into custody, Father was in jail. The children were removed in part due to the substance abuse of the parents,
We commence with our standard of review. After determining that one or more statutory grounds had been proven, the trial court considered whether the termination was also in the best interest of the children. In re P.L.O., 131 S.W.3d 782, 789 (Mo. banc 2004). We review that decision for an abuse of discretion. Id. The trial court’s “discretion is abused when a court’s ruling is clearly against the logic of the circumstances then before the court and so arbitrary and unreasonable as to shock the sense of justice and indicate a lack of careful consideration.” In re A.S., 38 S.W.3d 478, 486 (Mo.App.S.D. 2001).
In Interest of E.G.G., 483 S.W.3d 435, 438 (Mo.App. S.D. 2016).
At the time of the hearing, the children were eight and five years old. They were in a foster home together, both have thrived in the placement and the foster
The trial court did not abuse its discretion nor is it against the logic of the circumstances to find that the best interests of the children would be served by affirming the judgment terminating Father’s parental rights. The judgment is affirmed.
. Mother voluntarily consented to termination of her parental rights and consented to adoption.
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