Opinion ID: 3133564
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Manifested Intention

Text: Specifically, section 66 will require the trial court on remand to determine whether, after receiving actual notice of the judgment terminating her parental rights, Mother manifested her intention to treat the judgment as valid. The undisputed facts in the record on appeal establish that Mother waited approximately two years after receiving actual notice of the default judgment terminating her parental rights before filing her petition for relief from it under Tennessee Rule 60.02(3). During this two-year period, the proof in the record indicates that Mother did not attempt to contact, visit, or provide -27- financial support for the children, although she knew where Father was employed.19 On remand, the trial court should consider these circumstances, and any other relevant proof the parties present, when determining if Mother‘s inaction ―can be taken as an affirmation of the judgment because the circumstances invited an expression of a contrary position.‖ Restatement (Second) of Judgments § 66 cmt. b.