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Petition For Termination Of Parental Rights JC-54 - Tennessee
| Petition For Termination Of Parental Rights Form. This is a Tennessee form and can be used in Juvenile Court Shelby Local County . |
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IN THE JUVENILE COURT OF MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE IN THE MATTER OF Docket Number ____________________________ A child(ren) under 18 years of age PETITION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS To the Honorable Curtis S. Person, Judge of the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee: Your petitioner, ___________________________________, respectfully represents to the Court that said child(ren) under eighteen (18) years of age is/are an abandoned child(ren) within the meaning of the law of the State of Tennessee in that _________________________________________________________________, parent(s) of said child(ren), did willfully fail to visit and/or support or make payments toward the support of said child(ren) for a period of more than four months next preceding the filing of this petition and that it is in the best interest of said child(ren) that all parental rights to said child(ren) be forever terminated and complete custody, control and guardianship of said child(ren) be awarded to _________________________________________ with the right to place said child(ren) for adoption and consent to adoption in loco parentis. Your petitioner further avers that: The father is ______________________________, residing at _______________________________________. The mother is _____________________________, residing at _______________________________________. Said child(ren) is/are in the custody and control of ___________________________________________, residing at ________________________________________________________________________________. Your petitioner prays that: The Court make inquiry into the allegations herein set forth and declare said child(ren) to be abandoned and terminate forever all parental rights and obligations with respect to said child(ren) and of the child(ren) to said parent(s) and award complete custody, control and guardianship of said child(ren) to ____________________ ____________________________________________________ with the right to place said child(ren) for adoption and consent to adoption in loco parentis. _________________________________________ Petitioner _________________________________________ Address AFFIDAVIT STATE OF TENNESSEE COUNTY OF SHELBY Before me personally appeared the petitioner in the foregoing petition, who makes oath that the statements therein are true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief. _________________________________________ Petitioner Sworn to and subscribed before me this ___________ day of ___________________________, 20 __________ JOY TOULIATOS, Clerk of Court By __________________________________ D. C. 9/1/10 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com JC-54
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