In Re F.R.R., III

Case Number
M2004-02208-COA-R3-PT

This appeal involves the termination of a biological father’s rights to his non-marital child. When the child was almost five years old, his mother and her husband filed a petition in the Williamson County Juvenile Court seeking to terminate the biological father’s parental rights and to adopt the child. Following a bench trial, the juvenile court determined that the biological father had abandoned the child by willfully failing to visit him and that terminating the biological father’s parental rights would be in the child’s best interests. Accordingly, the court terminated the biological father’s parental rights and approved the adoption. The biological father has appealed.  We have determined that the record contains clear and convincing evidence that the biological father abandoned the child and that terminating the father’s parental rights would be in the child’s best interests.

Authoring Judge
Presiding Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Originating Judge
Judge Alfred L. Nations
Case Name
In Re F.R.R., III
Date Filed
Dissent or Concur
No
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