Webb v. Wilson

FARMER, Judge.

Oltra Travese Webb (Mother) appeals from the order of the chancellor terminating her parental rights in her minor daughter Jimmicia Leshea Gordon.

It is undisputed that Jimmicia is the child of Mother and Jimmie Lee Gordon (Father), who never married. This litigation began in March 1994 when Father filed a petition for legitimation and custody of Jimmicia in the Chancery Court for Knox County. The petition averred that Mother’s whereabouts were then unknown and that she had left the minor child with Father, had not contacted him since her departure nor attempted to have any…