State, Department of Children's Services v. C.H.K.

in which HERSCHEL P. FRANKS, P.J. and D. MICHAEL SWINEY, J., joined.

OPINION

This appeal involves a petition filed by the Department of Children’s Services to terminate the parental rights of the mother to her three year old son. The Trial Court granted the petition and the mother appealed. We have determined that the Trial Court’s judgment must be vacated and remanded because the Trial Court *574failed to make the specific findings of fact and conclusions of law on the issue of abandonment as required by Tenn.Code Ann. § 36-l-113(k). Further, we find that the Trial Court’s judgment must be…