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In re A.L.B.7/6/2005
nor is custody the question. The issue is much more permanent: It's whether you sever the blood relationship -- the symbolic umbilical cord between mother and child. It's whether Loretta Drinnon will ever suffer the pain and pleasure of being a mother again to these children.
Judges may exercise the power of the state to cut the parental bond and terminate parental rights only if there is clear and convincing evidence . . . the conditions which led to the removal still persist and will not be cured at an early date.
In re Drinnon, 776 S.W.2d at 100.
The judgment of the trial court terminating the parental rights of these parents is not supported by clear and convincing evidence and must be reversed with the case remanded to the trial court for further proceedings. Whether or not reunification of this family can be accomplished must await further proceedings in the trial court.
Costs of appeal are assessed against the State of Tennessee, Department of Children's Services.
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