In re Ava B.

Case Number
M2014-02408-COA-R10-PT

We granted an extraordinary appeal to consider a trial court’s refusal to dismiss a petition to terminate parental rights. Following their divorce, the child’s father filed a petition to terminate the parental rights of the mother. The mother moved to dismiss for lack of standing. In response, the father amended his petition to add his mother, the child’s grandmother, as an additional petitioner. The mother renewed her motion to dismiss. We reverse the trial court’s denial of the motion to dismiss because both the father and his mother lack standing. 

Authoring Judge
Judge W. Neal McBrayer
Originating Judge
Judge Franklin L. Russell
Case Name
In re Ava B.
Date Filed
Dissent or Concur
No
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