Legal Opinion · Dissent

Garner v. Garner

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided February 10, 1989Published

1DissentKoch, Judge

I must respectfully disagree with my colleagues’ decision to approve the trial court’s child custody arrangement in this case. The record simply does not support a *247finding that it is in the boy’s best interests to be shuttled back and forth between his parents every six months.

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Teena Lorraine Gamer, now thirty-one, and Larry Dale Garner, now thirty-two, were married in November, 1982. It was Mr. Garner’s second marriage and Mrs. Garner’s third. Mrs. Garner gave birth to their son, Tyler Jordan Garner, in December, 1985. Both parties are employed at the Arnold Engineering Development Center in…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Edwards v. EdwardsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1973
  2. Smith v. SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 1949
  3. Bah v. BahCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1983
  4. Weaver v. NelmsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1987
  5. Holloway v. BradleyTennessee Supreme Court · 1950

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