Legal Opinion
In re M.O.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided February 25, 2005PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., P.J., M.S.,
delivered the opinion of the court,
in which PATRICIA J. COTTRELL and FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., JJ., joined.
This appeal involves the termination of a biological father’s parental rights with regard to his nine-year-old daughter. After determining that the child had been sexually abused by her father, the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services filed a petition in the Circuit Court for Grundy County seeking to terminate the father’s parental rights. Following a bench trial, the trial court determined that the father had committed severe child abuse and…
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