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IN RE EZMAIE F., ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Dec 20, 2024

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Timothy Scott Daniel, Waverly, Tennessee, for the appellant, Timothy F.

Attorneys 2: Lester Williams Riggins, Dover, Tennessee, for the appellant, Sadie M.

Attorneys 3: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter, and Mara Lynne Cunningham, Assistant Attorney General, for the appellee, Tennessee Department of Children’s Services.

Attorneys 4: Mickie (Mary) Furlong Smith, Dickson, Tennessee, guardian ad litem.

Judge(s): MCCLARTY

A father and mother appeal from an order terminating their parental rights to their two minor children. The trial court held that the evidence presented supported termination of each parent’s rights based on the statutory grounds of abandonment by failure to provide a suitable home, persistence of conditions which led to removal, severe child abuse, and failure to manifest an ability and willingness to assume custody or financial responsibility. The court also found that termination was in the children’s best interests. Discerning no reversible error, we affirm.

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