Mullins v. State

OPINION

in which JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., CORNELIA A. CLARK, GARY R. WADE, and WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., JJ., joined.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the Tennessee Claims Commission had subject matter jurisdiction to hear a claim against the State of Tennessee arising from the death of a young child who had been removed from his mother’s home and placed in the custody of the mother’s aunt by order of the juvenile court. The child and his two brothers were removed from their mother’s care because of her use of cocaine. At the mother’s request and after an investigation, the Department…