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Judge finalizes adoption for three Sysnowski children; family poses for court photo

Tennessee Circuit/Chancery Court (docket hearing) · August 4, 2026
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Summary

A step-parent adoption for three Sysnowski children was approved after the parents and children spoke in court; the judge signed the decree and invited the family for a photo in the courtroom.

Judge David D. Wolfe signed an order granting a step-parent adoption for three children — Hayden Adela Sysnowski, Kathleen Lauren Sysnowski and Hunter Wayne Sysnowski — after the petitioner and spouse confirmed consent and an intention to keep the children's school, home and routines unchanged.

Jessie (Jesse) Sysnowski and David Sysnowski told the court they had no reason to delay the adoption and understood it would make the petitioner the children's legal parent. The judge described adoption as a permanent legal change and congratulated the family, inviting them to take a photograph in the courtroom after entry of the order.