Legal Opinion
In Re Bentley D.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided November 22, 2017No. E2016-02299-SC-RDO-PTPublishedCited by 13 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · BivinsJeffrey S. Bivins, C. J.
in which, Cornelia A. Clark, and Sharon G. Lee, Holly Kirby, and Roger A. Page, JJ., joined.
The trial court terminated the father’s parental rights. The father timely filed a notice of appeal signed by his attorney but not signed personally by the father. The Court of Appeals filed an order directing the father to show cause why his appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction for failure to comply with Tennessee Code Annotated section 36-l-124(d), which states: “Any notice of appeal filed in a termination of parental rights action shall be signed by the appellant.” The…
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