Zartman v. Self

TOMLIN, Presiding Judge (Western Section).

This case involves the attempted termination of parental rights in order to allow the adoption of a minor child. Lisa Clair Zartman, the natural mother of the child in question, and her husband, Dan Zartman,1 filed suit in the Chancery Court of Haywood County against Donn Paul Self, respondent and natural father of the child. Petitioners sought a court order declaring the minor child, William Chase Self, to have been abandoned by respondent and permitting Dan Zartman to adopt him. In the alternative, Mrs. Zartman sought to have respondent found in…