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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Virden finds the circuit court properly terminated the father’s parental rights to his minor child. The department filed a petition for emergency custody and dependency neglect alleging that the children were removed from the home due to parental drug use, inadequate supervision and medical neglect. The petition was filed after a family service worker dropped by the home to administer a drug test as part of an open dependency-neglect case regarding another sibling. Both parents were not in compliance with the current plan, and both produced cold urine samples. All evidence supports termination. Arguments regarding permanency goals are not preserved and would still fail because the potential family placements for the children are with a maternal relative and any rights of the paternal relatives were not derivative of their relationship with the child. Affirmed.