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IN RE AVA M. ET AL.

Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Jan 15, 2026

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Kayla Collins Cantrell, Gainesboro, Tennessee, for the appellant, McKayla C. M.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter, and Allen T. Martin, Assistant Attorney General, for the appellee, Tennessee Department of Children’s Services.

Judge(s): CLEMENT

A mother appeals the juvenile court’s termination of her parental rights to two of her children. The trial court terminated the mother’s parental rights on the findings that the petitioner, Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, had proven the ground of severe abuse and that it was in the best interests of the children that the mother’s parental rights be terminated. The mother appeals, contending that the finding that termination was in the best interests of the children was not supported by clear and convincing evidence. We affirm.

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