State in Interest of E.R.

DAVIS, Associate Presiding Judge:

Defendant challenges the trial court’s termination of his parental rights pursuant to Utah Code Ann. §§ 78-3a-407(1), -408(1)(b) (Supp.1995). We affirm.

FACTS

Defendant and S.E.R. were married in 1986. On November 3, 1986, their first and only child, E.R., was bom in Missouri. Defendant and S.E.R. subsequently separated in April 1987.1 Defendant visited his daughter approximately one month later and, when *163he returned to S.E.R.’s residence in either the latter part of May 1987 or August 1987,2 the residence was empty. After inquiry of the housing authority,…