State ex rel. C.M.S.

_JjT.P., the biological father of S.P.W., a female child, appeals a judgment terminating his parental rights. The trial court found that T.P. abandoned S.P.W. by failing to make significant contributions to her care and support for a period of six consecutive months as of the time the petition for termination was filed, and that termination of parental rights was in the child’s best interest. For the reasons explained in this opinion, we affirm.

FACTS

The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (“the department”) removed S.P.W., then age three, and her four older siblings from the…