IN RE ELLIE K.

Case Number
M2019-01269-COA-R3-PT

The grandparents of a minor child filed a petition seeking to terminate the parental rights of the child’s biological father. Following a hearing on the petition, the trial court terminated the father’s parental rights, determining that clear and convincing evidence existed to establish five statutory grounds for termination: abandonment by failure to visit, abandonment by failure to support, persistence of the conditions leading to the child’s removal, abandonment by conduct prior to incarceration demonstrating wanton disregard for the child’s welfare, and failure to manifest an ability and willingness to assume legal and physical custody of or financial responsibility for the child. The trial court also determined by clear and convincing evidence that termination was in the child’s best interest. The father has appealed. Discerning no reversible error, we affirm the trial court’s judgment in all respects, including the termination of the father’s parental rights.

Authoring Judge
Presiding Judge, Middle Section, Frank G. Clement, Jr.
Originating Judge
Judge Thomas C. Faris
Case Name
IN RE ELLIE K.
Date Filed
Dissent or Concur
No
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