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· 3/27/2020

In Re Kayleigh B.

Syllabus

Jennifer G. (\Mother\) and Brian B. (\Father\) appeal the termination of their parental rights to their minor children, Kayleigh B., Layla B., Isaiah B., and Ja'Nyla B. (collectively, \the Children\). In March 2018, the Tennessee Department of Children's Services (\DCS\) filed a petition to terminate the parents' rights to the Children in the Blount County Juvenile Court (\Juvenile Court\). Following a hearing in May 2019, the Juvenile Court terminated Mother's parental rights based on the statutory grounds of abandonment by failure to provide a suitable home, abandonment by wanton disregard, abandonment by failure to support prior to her incarceration, substantial noncompliance with the permanency plan, and persistent conditions. The Juvenile Court also terminated Father's parental rights on the statutory grounds of abandonment by failure to support prior to the petition's filing and substantial noncompliance with the permanency plan. The Juvenile Court further found that termination of Mother's and Father's parental rights was in the Children's best interest. Both Mother and Father timely appealed. We reverse the statutory ground of abandonment by failure to support concerning Mother's parental rights. We affirm the Juvenile Court's judgment in all other respects including the termination of Mother's and Father's parental rights.

Judges: Judge D. Michael Swiney

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