· 5/19/2025

In Re Rinyah J.

Syllabus

In the Juvenile Court for Shelby County (\the Juvenile Court\), the Tennessee Department of Children's Services (\DCS\) filed a petition to terminate the parental rights of Rickey J. (\Father\) and Anionetta J. (\Mother\) to their child, Rinyah J. (\the Child\), who was born drug-exposed. After trial, the Juvenile Court found that Father had failed to manifest an ability and willingness to assume custody 9f the Child and that Mother had committed severe child abuse. It further found that termination of their parental rights was in the Child's best interest. Mother and Father appealed. Discerning no reversible error, we affirm.

Judges: Chief Judge D. Michael Swiney

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