Arthur Blair v. Marilyn Badenhope - Concurring/Dissenting

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE September 6, 2001 Session ARTHUR BLAIR v. MARILYN BADENHOPE Appeal by Permission from the Court of Appeals, Eastern Section Chancery Court for Greene County No. 93-101 Thomas R. Frierson II, Chancellor No. E1999-02748-SC-R11-CV - Filed May 3, 2002 FRANK F. DROWOTA , III, C.J., concurring and dissenting. I fully agree with the majority’s conclusion that a natural parent cannot generally invoke the doctrine of superior parental rights to modify a valid order of custody, even when that order resulted from the natural parent’s voluntary…