IN RE DILMER S.M., ET AL. - Articles

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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 17, 2025

Head Comment: USMAN concurring

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Laurie Winstead Hall, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Maria S.M.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter, and Amber L. Barker, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for the appellee, Tennessee Department of Children’s Services.

Attorneys 3: David John Kreher, Cordova, Tennessee, guardian ad litem.

Judge(s): MCCLARTY

A mother appeals from an order terminating her parental rights to her four minor children. The trial court held that the evidence presented supported termination of the mother’s rights based on the statutory ground of severe child abuse. The court also found that termination was in the children’s best interests. Discerning no reversible error, we affirm.