appear as ordered for the hearing simply does

not amount to denial of an opportunity to be heard.

          The evidence presented at the termination hearing establishes that Father tested

positive for illicit drugs and negative for his prescribed medications on a regular basis.

Father was incarcerated three times during the pendency of the termination and underlying

CHINS proceedings. Additionally, the Children were twice placed back in his care, and both

times were removed shortly thereafter. The first time, the Children were with Father for a

little over two weeks before he suffered a nervous breakdown and was admitted to the

hospital for treatment. At that time, Father left the Children with an unauthorized caregiver

without notifying DCS. The Children were placed back in Father’s care on Decembersides of the shorts were tested. Each side of the shorts contained a mixture of DNA

belonging to appellant and a second person. The statistical possibility that the DNA

foreign to appellant could be anyone other than the victim was 1 in 25 billion, 60 million

on one side of the shorts, and more than 1 in one trillion on the other side of the shorts.

T. 253-254. The criminalist further testified that the DNA on one side of the shorts was

25% female and on the other side was 40% female and that this was a significant

percentage to find on an item belonging to a male. T. 238.
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