STATE, DEPT. OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES v. HOOD

No. M2009-00911-COA-R3-PT.

338 S.W.3d 917 (2009)

STATE of Tennessee, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES v. Anthony Dewayne HOOD.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section, at Nashville.

December 30, 2009.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court March 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Reed Brown , Byrdstown, Tennessee, for the Appellant, Anthony Dewayne Hood.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr. , Attorney General and Reporter, and Michael E. Moore , Solicitor General, Jill Z. Grim , Assistant Attorney General, Douglas Earl Dimond , Senior Counsel and Elizabeth C. Driver , Lead Counsel, 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 HOLLY M. KIRBY, J., joined.

This is a termination of parental rights case. Father/Appellant appeals the trial court's order, terminating his parental rights to four of his biological children. The trial court terminated Appellant's parental rights upon its finding, by clear and convincing evidence, that Appellant had abandoned the children by engaging...

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