McElhaney v. Chipman

CRAWFORD, Judge.

This case involves the sensitive issue of the award of custody to the paternal grandparents of two minor children whose parents were killed in an automobile accident. The children’s maternal grandparents have appealed the Trial Court’s dismissal of their motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.

Charles S. Chipman and Vicki McElhaney Chipman, husband and wife, were residents of Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee and died as a result of injuries received in an automobile accident which occurred on July 21, 1980. The Chipmans were survived by two minor children, Chad Jason…