Legal Opinion
Parrott v. Abraham
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided February 11, 2003PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM B. CAIN,
J., delivered the opinion of the court,
in which BEN H. CANTRELL, P.J., M.S., and TOM GRAY, Sp. J., joined.
Appellant/Father appeals dismissal of his petition seeking to be named residential custodian of his minor child. The trial court found that Tennessee was not the “home” state of the child under Tennessee Code Annotated section 36-6-216 and dismissed the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We reverse.
In December of 1997, Jenny L. Parrott and John B. Abraham, both residents of Montgomery County, Tennessee, had a romantic relationship. Jenny Parrott then…
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