Tennessee Department of Human Services v. Jones

HIGHERS, Judge.

This is a paternity case in which the question for determination is whether the trial court was correct in dismissing the matter with prejudice for failure of the plaintiff to produce the child for blood testing within the State of Tennessee pursuant to court order.

The case was commenced when the Tennessee Department of Human Services, As-signee of Eartha B. Farris, filed a petition to establish paternity on April 2, 1979, in the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County. By order of March 27, 1979, the case was transferred to the Circuit Court for a jury trial. The order of…