Howard vs. Howard
03A01-9811-CV-00374

Estate of Francis Logwood
03A01-9902-PB-00042

State vs. Kerry Hughes
03C01-9801-CR-00030
Trial Court Judge: Arden L. Hill

State vs. Lawrence White
02C01-9810-CC-00324
Trial Court Judge: C. Creed Mcginley

Nicholas Todd Sutton vs. State
03C01-9702-CR-00067
Trial Court Judge: Gary R. Wade

State vs. Terry McGee
02C01-9801-CR-00020
Trial Court Judge: James C. Beasley, Jr.

State vs. Willie Wales
02C01-9804-CR-00100
Trial Court Judge: Bernie Weinman

02C01-9809-CC-00271
02C01-9809-CC-00271
Trial Court Judge: Whit A. Lafon

Killion vs. Killion
03A01-9807-CH-00229

Grissim vs. Powell Const.
03A01-9807-CV-00222

Nationsbank, N.A. vs. FormPak, Inc. & Ron Campbell
03A01-9808-CH-00279

Nationsbank, N.A. vs. FormPak, Inc. & Ron Campbell
03A01-9808-CH-00279

Kinsler vs. State
03A01-9810-BC-00362
Trial Court Judge: Inman

Con Pac South vs. Burnett
03A01-9811-CV-00389

Cobb vs. Beier
03A01-9812-CV-00399

State vs. Donald Ray Hammonds
03C01-9709-CR-00420
Trial Court Judge: Phyllis H. Miller

State vs. James E. Lampkin
03C01-9804-CR-00160
Trial Court Judge: Ray L. Jenkins

Jimmy Wayne Wilson vs. State
03C01-9806-CR-00206
Trial Court Judge: Lynn W. Brown

Eddie Dorris, et al vs. Jeffery Crisp
M2000-02170-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Trial Court Judge: Don Ash
Over four months after signing a surrender of her parental rights and consent for her minor child to be adopted, Appellee filed a Petition to Set Aside Surrender on the basis of a procedural defect. The Chancellor held that Appellee had abandoned the child, that the surrender executed by Appellee on June 24, 1999 should be set aside because there was no home study performed prior to the surrender, and dismissed the petitions for adoption. The Chancellor ordered the child returned to the custody of Appellee, which order was stayed by this Court September 19, 2000. The adoptive parents appeal raising the following issues for consideration: (1) Whether the mother has standing to attack the surrender on the basis of a lack of a home study, (2) whether the surrender is valid, and (3) whether the trial court was limited to the criteria set forth in Tennessee Code Annotated section 36-1-113(h) in determining whether termination of parental rights was in the child's best interests. We reverse and find the surrender valid.

Gillman vs. Loudon City Commission
03A01-9706-CH-00239

Englewood Citizens vs. Town of Englewood
03A01-9803-CH-00098

Bowlin vs. Bowlin
03A01-9807-CV-00243

Poindexter vs. Strang
03A01-9810-CH-00323

Parr vs. Tower Management
01A01-9811-CV-00573
Trial Court Judge: Robert E. Corlew, III

Clay vs. Smith
01A01-9811-CV-00577
Trial Court Judge: Patricia J. Cottrell