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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Davis finds the lower court properly terminated the parental rights of a father to his two minor children on grounds of abandonment by failure to establish a suitable home, persistence of conditions, failure to establish parentage to one of the children, substantial noncompliance with the permanency plan, failure to manifest an ability and willingness to assume custody, and that it is in the children’s best interests. The children were removed from their parents’ custody after the Department of Childrens’ Services found the children were exposed to violence and drugs in the home. The father did not have contact with the children for an extended period of time, failed to contact the children's case worker when he was released from jail, and did not complete any of the requirements in the established permanency plan.