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IN RE BRADY R.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 7, 2026

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: M. Tyler Daniels, Cookeville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Coby R.

Attorneys 2: Michael Weston, Cookeville, Tennessee, for the appellees, Samantha P. and Tristan P.

Judge(s): MCBRAYER

This appeal arises from a petition to terminate the parental rights of a father for the purposes of adoption. The petitioners, the child’s stepfather and mother, alleged that the father abandoned the child both by failing to visit and by failing to support. When father failed to participate in discovery, the petitioners moved for a default as a sanction. After granting the requested default and holding an evidentiary hearing, the trial court concluded that there was clear and convincing evidence of abandonment and that termination of father’s parental rights was in the child’s best interest. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the termination of parental rights.

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