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IN RE PAISLEY B. ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Nov 14, 2025

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Seth C. Chapman, Spring Hill, Tennessee, for the appellant, Gavin B.

Attorneys 2: Stacie L. Odeneal, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, for the appellees, Darby T. and Jesse T.

Attorneys 3: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter, and Amber L. Barker, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for the appellee, Tennessee Department of Children’s Services.

Attorneys 4: Attorney General, for the appellee, Tennessee Department of Children’s Services. William C. Barnes, Jr., Columbia, Tennessee, Guardian Ad Litem.

Judge(s): ARMSTRONG

In this termination of parental rights case, Appellant/Father appeals the trial court’s termination of his parental rights to the minor children on the grounds of: (1) abandonment by failure to visit; (2) persistence of conditions; and (3) failure to manifest an ability and willingness to assume custody of the children. Because the record shows that Father’s failure to visit was not willful, we reverse the trial court’s termination of Father’s parental rights on that ground. We affirm the trial court’s termination of Father’s parental rights on the remaining grounds and on its finding that termination of Father’s parental rights is in the children’s best interests.

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