Termination of Parental Rights • 23 Pa.C.S.§2511(a)(1) • Obligation to Perform Parental Duties • Bond With Child

In the Interest of M.E.M., PICS Case No. 16-0672 (Pa. Super. May 19, 2016) (memorandum) Bowes, J. (14 pages).

Trial court did not abuse its discretion in terminating father’s parental rights pursuant to 23 Pa.C.S.§2511(a)(1) and (b) because father displayed a merely passive interest in the child and shirked all of his parental duties prior to his incarceration. Affirmed.