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IN RE EVALINA H.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 6, 2026

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Heather C. Grewe, Pinson, Tennessee, for the appellants, Mikayla D.P.C., and William A.C.

Attorneys 2: Angela Mueller, Trenton, Tennessee, for the appellee, Michael H.

Judge(s): STAFFORD

Petitioners attempted to terminate the parental rights of the child’s biological father on the grounds of abandonment by failure to visit and support. The trial court found that neither ground had been proven but proceeded to find that had grounds for termination been proven, it would be in the child’s best interest for the biological father’s parental rights to be terminated. Although we affirm the trial court’s finding that the biological father proved that his failure to visit was not willful, we reverse the trial court’s finding as to the ground of abandonment by failure to support. We also affirm the trial court’s finding that termination is in the child’s best interest.

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