When does the ground of persistence of conditions apply to terminate parental rights in Tennessee?
Can other courts act when a dependency and neglect action is pending in Tennessee?
Facts: While Father was incarcerated, the Department of Children’s Services (DCS) petitioned to terminate his parental rights on the statutory ground of abandonment by wanton…
Facts: While Father was incarcerated, the Department of Children’s Services (DCS) petitioned to terminate his parental rights on the statutory ground of abandonment by wanton…
Facts: Child was born out of wedlock to Mother and Father. After Mother was arrested while intoxicated and charged with child neglect, Child went into…
Facts: Never-married Mother and Father have one Child, who resided primarily with Mother for approximately the first five years of his life. In February 2011,…
Facts: Mother and Father were divorced in Circuit Court in 2008. Mother was designated the primary residential parent for their children. Mother then moved to…
Facts: The State filed a petition for contempt relating to Mother’s failure to pay child support for two children, who at the time were in…
Facts: The State filed a petition for contempt relating to Mother’s failure to pay child support for two children, who at the time were in…
Facts: Child was born to unmarried Mother and Father. Father filed a Petition to Establish Paternity in which he asserted that he had voluntarily supported…
Facts: Mother and Father are the parents of Child. In 1993, when Mother filed a petition to establish paternity and set child support, the Child Support…
Facts: Mother and Father are the parents of Child. In 1993, when Mother filed a petition to establish paternity and set child support, the Child Support…
Facts: Mother received child support enforcement services from the State of Tennessee. The State, acting on mother’s behalf, filed a petition to establish paternity against…
Facts: Mother and Father are the unmarried parents of Child. Mother petitioned the court to establish child support. At the hearing, Father failed to produce…
Facts: Davis was the Executive Director of the Youth Emergency Shelter. Shortly after Child reviewed a comic book designed to help children recognize and disclose…