DEPT. OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES v. PETERSON

No. W2009-00281-COA-R3-PT.

341 S.W.3d 281 (2009)

STATE of Tennessee, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES v. Dedrus PETERSON, et al.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section, at Jackson.

August 27, 2009.

Application for Permission to Appeal Dismissed by Supreme Court November 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shantell S. Suttle , Cordova, Tennessee, for the Appellant, Dedrus Peterson.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr. , Attorney General and Reporter, and Michael E. Moore , Solicitor General, Amy T. McConnell , Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee, State of Tennessee, Department of Children's Services.


OPINION

J. STEVEN STAFFORD, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which ALAN E. HIGHERS, P.J., W.S., and DAVID R. FARMER, J., joined.

This is a termination of parental rights case. Mother appeals the trial court's termination of her parental rights on grounds of persistence of conditions, abandonment by willful failure to visit or support, failure to substantially comply with the permanency plans, and mental...

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