Osborn v. Marr

OPINION

JANICE M. HOLDER, J.,

delivered the

opinion of the court, in which

FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ„ joined.

We granted this appeal to determine whether Tennessee Code Annotated section 36-l-113(g)(6), which provides for the termination of parental rights when a parent is imprisoned for at least ten years due to a criminal act and the child is under the age of eight when the sentence is imposed, also requires a showing of substantial harm to the child before a parent’s rights may be terminated. Because we hold that a…