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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
State vs. James E. Lampkin

03C01-9804-CR-00160

Originating Judge:Ray L. Jenkins
Knox County Court of Criminal Appeals 06/24/99
Poindexter vs. Strang

03A01-9810-CH-00323
Court of 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
Bowlin vs. Bowlin

03A01-9807-CV-00243
Hamblen County 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
Englewood Citizens vs. Town of Englewood

03A01-9803-CH-00098
Court of Appeals 06/24/99
Eric K. Mack v. Cna Insurance Company

03S01-9805-CV-00052
Authoring Judge: Howell N. Peoples, Special Judge
Originating Judge:The Honorable
Knox County Workers Compensation Panel 06/23/99
Ciangi vs. Ciangi

01A01-9805-CV-00236

Originating Judge:Muriel Robinson
Davidson 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
01A01-9806-CV-00274

01A01-9806-CV-00274

Originating Judge:William B. Cain
Wayne County Court of Appeals 06/23/99
Lana R. Woods v. Modine Manufacturing Company

97LA0287
Authoring Judge: Howell N. Peoples, Special Judge
Originating Judge:The Honorable
Anderson County Workers Compensation Panel 06/23/99
Hon. Frank v. Williams, Iii,

01S01-9802-CH-00022
Authoring Judge: Cecil Crowson, Jr.
Originating Judge:Hon. Ellen Hobbs Lyle,
Davidson County Workers Compensation Panel 06/23/99
Clay vs. Smith

01A01-9811-CV-00577

Originating Judge:Patricia J. Cottrell
Davidson County Court of Appeals 06/23/99
Joshua Dean Ford vs. State

03C01-9810-CR-00378
Sullivan County Court of Criminal Appeals 06/22/99
State vs. William E. Gothard, III

03C01-9707-CR-00290
Hamilton County Court of Criminal Appeals 06/22/99
Frank Butler vs. Melody Butler

02A01-9807-CH-00184

Originating Judge:Joe C. Morris
Chester County Court of Appeals 06/22/99
Glen Marshall Cheek vs. State

03C01-9809-CR-00335

Originating Judge:Douglas A. Meyer
Hamilton County Court of Criminal Appeals 06/22/99
Douglas Radant vs. Robert Earwood

02A01-9802-CV-00029

Originating Judge:Kay S. Robilio
Shelby County Court of Appeals 06/22/99
State vs. Daynelle M. Kyle

03C01-9808-CR-00273
Knox County Court of Criminal Appeals 06/22/99
Lamar Fletcher vs. TN Claims Comm.

02A01-9803-BC-00076
Court of Appeals 06/22/99
Virginia McGuire vs. Exxon Corp.

02A01-9805-CV-00129

Originating Judge:James E. Swearengen
Shelby County Court of Appeals 06/22/99
Rosie Johnson vs. Delia Avery

02A01-9803-CV-00079

Originating Judge:D. J. Alissandratos
Shelby County Court of Appeals 06/22/99
Morris vs. State

01S01-9804-BC-00076
Supreme Court 06/21/99