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The Court of Appeals of Tennessee affirmed in part and reversed in part a lower court's decision to terminate a father's parental rights to his minor child, Kandace D. The trial court had found three grounds for termination: abandonment by an incarcerated parent due to wanton disregard for the child's welfare, incarceration with a child under eight and a ten-year sentence, and persistence of conditions leading to the child's removal. The appellate court upheld the first two grounds and the determination that termination was in the child's best interest but reversed the persistence of conditions ground, finding the child was not removed from the father's home by the Department of Children’s Services. The court also declined to address the father's constitutional challenge to one of the statutes.
In Re Kandace D. is a workers' compensation case decided in Court of Appeals of Tennessee. This case addresses legal issues related to compensation claims, benefits, and court rulings.
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The Court of Appeals of Tennessee affirmed in part and reversed in part a lower court's decision to terminate a father's parental rights to his minor child, Kandace D. The trial court had found three grounds for termination: abandonment by an incarcerated parent due to wanton disregard for the child's welfare, incarceration with a child under eight and a ten-year sentence, and persistence of conditions leading to the child's removal. The appellate court upheld the first two grounds and the determination that termination was in the child's best interest but reversed the "persistence of conditions" ground, finding the child was not removed from the father's home by the Department of Children’s Services. The court also declined to address the father's constitutional challenge to one of the statutes.
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