In re H.N.S.

JEFFREY W. BATES, Judge.

J.J.S. (Father) appeals from a judgment terminating his parental rights to his daughter, H.N.S. (Child).1 The trial court terminated Father’s parental rights in a Chapter 453 adoption action on the ground *347that he willfully abandoned and neglected Child.

“We will sustain the trial court’s judgment in an adoption case unless there is no substantial evidence to support it, it is against the weight of the evidence, or it erroneously declares or misapplies the law.” S.L.N. v. D.L.N., 167 S.W.3d 736, 738 (Mo.App.2005); Murphy v. Carrón, 536 S.W.2d 30, 32 (Mo. banc 1976). This…