at trial. 6 . Article 1015(B)(6) provides: The child is in the custody of the department pursuant to a court order or placement by the parent; the parent has been convicted and sentenced to a period of incarceration of such duration that the parent will not be able to care for the child for an extended period of time, considering the child's age and his need for a safe, stable, and permanent home; and despite notice by the department, the parent has refused or failed to provide a reasonable plan for the appropriate care of the child other than foster care. La. Ch.C. art. 1015(B)(6). 7 . This is not a case in which an incarcerated parent sought to use his incarceration as an excuse for nonsupport. See State ex rel. C.M.O., 04-1780, p. 4 (La.App. 4 Cir. 4/13/05), 901 So.2d 1168, 1171 (<HOLDING>); see also State in the Interest of K.T.,
recognizing that fathers parental rights were terminated based upon his incarceration and his behavior while in prison his history of substance abuse and the fact that his child support payments are in arrears holding that husbands knowledge of his obligation of support and his subsequent election to enter employment that would substantially reduce his income and make it impossible to meet his obligations would not justify reduction in support holding that a parents responsibility to support his children is not suspended upon his incarceration and that imprisonment cannot be used as an excuse to escape parental obligations recognizing that the department is required to present clear and convincing evidence to support termination of a parents parental rights holding that fathers failure to acquire suitable home for his children pay even nominal child support visit or correspond with his children or make efforts to secure permanent employment were sufficient to demonstrate conscious disregard of his parental obligations