if certain circumstances are met). In Tennessee, however, there is no "safety valve or means of waiver for the requirement of the appellant’s signature.” In re Gabrielle W., 2017 WL 2954684, at *4. 7 . Even in states that lack a signature requirement, courts have confirmed the importance of a party’s consent to an appeal in a termination of parental rights case. See Termination of Parent-Child Relationship of I.B. v. Ind. Dep’t of Child Servs., 933 N.E.2d 1264, 1270 (Ind. 2010) ("If a lawyer is unable to locate the client despite due diligence or if the lawyer cannot get clear instructions from the client with respect to an appeal, the lawyer should not file a notice of appeal.”); In re Adoption/Guardianship of Darjal C., 191 Md. App. 505, 992 A.2d 503, 515 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2010) (<HOLDING>); In re Welfare of Parzino, 22 Wash. App. 88,
holding client is not liable for actions of attorney who misled client as to the status of case holding trial court erred when it sanctioned client where the evidence showed that the attorney filed frivolous pleadings on behalf of the client but the client did nothing more than rely on her attorneys advice holding that attorney lacked standing to file notice of appeal on behalf of client who couldnot be located because the client must make the ultimate decision regarding the appeal internal quotation marks omitted holding that an attorney may only undertake to represent a new client against a former client  where there is no confidential information received from the former client that is in any way relevant to representation of the current client holding that an attorneys filing a notice of appearance on behalf of his or her client constitute a waiver of service of process by the client