In Re Aayden C.
Syllabus
In this termination of parental rights action, the mother has appealed the juvenile court's final order terminating her parental rights to the minor children, Aayden C. and Patrick C. (\the Children\), based on three statutory grounds. On October 11, 2019, the Tennessee Department of Children's Services (\DCS\) filed a petition seeking to terminate the mother's and the father's parental rights to the Children. Following a bench trial, the juvenile court found that statutory grounds existed to terminate the parental rights of both parents upon its determination by clear and convincing evidence that the mother and the father (1) had abandoned the Children by failing to provide a suitable home (2) were in substantial noncompliance with the permanency plans and (3) had failed to manifest an ability and willingness to personally assume custody of or financial responsibility for the Children. The juvenile court further found by clear and convincing evidence that it was in the Children's best interest to terminate the parental rights of both parents.1 The mother has appealed. Discerning no reversible error, we affirm.
Judges: Judge Thomas R. Frierson, II
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