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In the Interest of A. R. K. L.

The juvenile court properly exercised jurisdiction over the termination proceedings.

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The mother of A. R. K. L. filed a petition in juvenile court to terminate the parental rights of the child’s father. The juvenile court granted the petition, and the father appeals. He contends that: 1 the juvenile court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to rule on the petition because the petition was actually a disguised custody matter; 2 the juvenile court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to rule on the petition because the petition was actually a disguised adoption matter; and 3 the juvenile court erred in denying his motion for a continuance. For the reasons that follow, we affirm. The record reveals that the parents married in September 2002. A. R. K. L. was born on March 28, 2004. And in April 2007, the parents divorced. Pursuant to the divorce decree, the mother was granted sole physical custody of A. R. K. L. and the parents were granted joint legal custody. The father was ordered to pay child support in the amount of $650 per month. The divorce decree gave the father visitation rights. But on January 18, 2011, the mother filed a petition to terminate the father’s parental rights, citing the father’s inability to provide support for A. R. K. L. and his failure to have any contact with the child.

The father had failed to visit A. R. K. L. for nearly two years before the filing of the termination petition and had also failed to pay child support for nearly a year and a half. The father asserted in his appellate brief that he had not visited the child because he agreed to have no contact with the child, the mother, and the stepfather in exchange for the dismissal of criminal charges. At the termination hearing, however, the father testified that he had not sought visitation with the child for fear of violating the conditions of his probation on account of false accusations.

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