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Judge Grants Step‑Parent Adoption for Riley, Orders Name Change

Dixon County Court (Tennessee) · December 6, 2025
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Summary

A Dixon County judge granted McKayla Jackson’s petition to adopt Riley, finding the step‑parent relationship already in place and approving a legal name change to Riley Ayla Jackson. The court noted the father’s parental rights were terminated previously and signed an adoption order in open court.

A Dixon County judge granted a petition on the court docket to make McKayla Jackson the legal parent of a child known in court as Riley, approving a requested change of the child’s last name to Jackson.

The court placed witnesses under oath and heard testimony that McKayla Jackson has acted in a parental role since marrying Riley’s mother and…

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