Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2018-06-28 17:02:51.371972+00
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06/28/2018
               IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
                           AT NASHVILLE
                            Assigned on Briefs May 1, 2018

                               IN RE KEILYN O. ET AL.

                 Appeal from the Juvenile Court for Bedford County
                     No. 2016-JV-217 Charles L. Rich, Judge
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                           No. M2017-02386-COA-R3-PT
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THOMAS R. FRIERSON, II, J., concurring.

        I concur fully in the majority’s opinion in this case. I write separately solely to
express my opinion that inasmuch as the majority opinion relies on this Court’s decision
in In re Ayden S., No. M2017-01185-COA-R3-PT, 2018 WL 2447044, at *7 (Tenn. Ct.
App. May 31, 2018), for the standard of proof concerning Tennessee Code Annotated §
36-1-113(g)(14) (2017), I believe that this statutory ground allows termination of parental
rights if the petitioner proves by clear and convincing evidence that the parent “has failed
to meet the requirement of manifesting both a willingness and an ability to assume legal
and physical custody of the child or has failed to meet the requirement of manifesting
both a willingness and an ability to assume financial responsibility of the child.” See In
re Amynn K., No. E2017-01866-COA-R3-PT, 2018 WL 3058280, at *12-15 (Tenn. Ct.
App. June 20, 2018); see also In re Neamiah R., No. E2017-02000-COA-R3-PT, 2018
WL 2331868, at *7 (Tenn. Ct. App. May 23, 2018).

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                                                 THOMAS R. FRIERSON, II, JUDGE