APPELLATE COURT OPINIONS

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Kinsler vs. State

03A01-9810-BC-00362

Originating Judge:Inman
Court of Appeals 06/25/99
02C01-9809-CC-00271

02C01-9809-CC-00271

Originating Judge:Whit A. Lafon
Henderson County Court of Criminal Appeals 06/25/99
Howard vs. Howard

03A01-9811-CV-00374
Court of Appeals 06/25/99
State vs. Lawrence White

02C01-9810-CC-00324

Originating Judge:C. Creed Mcginley
Hardin County Court of Criminal Appeals 06/25/99
Killion vs. Killion

03A01-9807-CH-00229
Court of Appeals 06/25/99
State vs. Willie Wales

02C01-9804-CR-00100

Originating Judge:Bernie Weinman
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 06/25/99
Nicholas Todd Sutton vs. State

03C01-9702-CR-00067

Originating Judge:Gary R. Wade
Morgan County Court of Criminal Appeals 06/25/99
State vs. Terry McGee

02C01-9801-CR-00020

Originating Judge:James C. Beasley, Jr.
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 06/25/99
Nationsbank, N.A. vs. FormPak, Inc. & Ron Campbell

03A01-9808-CH-00279
Court of Appeals 06/25/99
State vs. Kerry Hughes

03C01-9801-CR-00030

Originating Judge:Arden L. Hill
Carter County Court of Criminal Appeals 06/25/99
Grissim vs. Powell Const.

03A01-9807-CV-00222
Court of Appeals 06/25/99
Nationsbank, N.A. vs. FormPak, Inc. & Ron Campbell

03A01-9808-CH-00279
Court of Appeals 06/25/99
Estate of Francis Logwood

03A01-9902-PB-00042
Court of Appeals 06/25/99
Bowlin vs. Bowlin

03A01-9807-CV-00243
Hamblen County Court of Appeals 06/24/99
Cobb vs. Beier

03A01-9812-CV-00399
Court of Appeals 06/24/99
Englewood Citizens vs. Town of Englewood

03A01-9803-CH-00098
Court of Appeals 06/24/99
Poindexter vs. Strang

03A01-9810-CH-00323
Court of Appeals 06/24/99
State vs. James E. Lampkin

03C01-9804-CR-00160

Originating Judge:Ray L. Jenkins
Knox County Court of Criminal Appeals 06/24/99
State vs. Donald Ray Hammonds

03C01-9709-CR-00420

Originating Judge:Phyllis H. Miller
Sullivan County Court of Criminal Appeals 06/24/99
Jimmy Wayne Wilson vs. State

03C01-9806-CR-00206

Originating Judge:Lynn W. Brown
Sullivan County Court of Criminal Appeals 06/24/99
Con Pac South vs. Burnett

03A01-9811-CV-00389
Court of Appeals 06/24/99
Gillman vs. Loudon City Commission

03A01-9706-CH-00239
Court of Appeals 06/24/99
Eddie Dorris, et al vs. Jeffery Crisp

M2000-02170-COA-R3-CV
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.
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Originating Judge:Don Ash
Rutherford County Court of Appeals 06/24/99
01A01-9806-CV-00274

01A01-9806-CV-00274

Originating Judge:William B. Cain
Wayne County Court of Appeals 06/23/99
Parr vs. Tower Management

01A01-9811-CV-00573

Originating Judge:Robert E. Corlew, III
Rutherford County Court of Appeals 06/23/99