Butler Cnty. Juvenile Office v. T.S.H. (In re Interest of I.K.H.)

T.S.H. ("Mother") appeals a judgment that terminated her parental rights to I.K.H. ("Child"). As grounds for termination, the trial court found that Mother had abused or neglected Child, Mother was an unfit parent, and Mother had abandoned Child. Because only one statutory ground for termination is needed to affirm the judgment, and Mother has not preserved a challenge to the parental-unfitness ground, the judgment must be affirmed.1 We remand for the trial court to rule on Mother's attorney's request for fees on appeal.2

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