B.H. v. M.F.J.

THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.

On March 4, 2015, M.F.J. (“the paternal grandmother”) and A.F.J. (M.F.J. and A.F.J. are hereinafter referred to collectively as “the paternal grandparents”) filed in the Franklin Juvenile Court (“the juvenile court”) petitions seeking to terminate the parental rights of B.H. (“the mother”) and T.A.F. (“the father”) to their two minor children, Z.H. and J.H. The father filed affidavits in the juvenile court in which he consented to the termination of his parental rights.

After conducting an ore tenus hearing on both petitions, the juvenile court, on June 3, 2015,…