Crystal E. v. Department of Child Safety

OPINION

BROWN, Chief Judge:

¶ 1 Crystal E. (Mother) appeals the superi- or court’s order terminating her parental rights to her son, M.E. (born in 2013), based on grounds of chronic substance abuse and fifteen months’ time-in-care. Because Mother challenges only the substance abuse ground on appeal, she has abandoned and waived any challenge to the court’s finding of the statutory time-in-care ground. We therefore affirm on that basis, and we affirm the court’s finding that severance would be in M.E.’s best interests.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 The Department of Child Safety (DCS) filed a dependency petition…