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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 22, 2025

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Jeff Kelle, Dunlap, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jennifer L.

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

Judge(s): MCCLARTY

This action involves the termination of a mother’s parental rights to her minor child. Following a bench trial, the court found clear and convincing evidence to establish the following statutory grounds of termination: (1) abandonment for failure to provide a suitable home and (2) the persistence of conditions which led to removal. The court also found that termination was in the best interest of the child. We now affirm.

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