State of Tennessee, Ex Rel., Valerie Arlene Law v. Michael Lee Ferrell

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE June 11, 2013 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE, EX REL., VALERIE ARLENE LAW v. MICHAEL LEE FERRELL Direct Appeal from the Juvenile Court for Sumner County No. 2011-JV-719 Barry Brown, Judge No. M2012-01749-COA-R3-JV - Filed August 20, 2013 This case involves an award of retroactive child support. Approximately seventeen years after the child's birth, the Tennessee Department of Human Services, acting on behalf of the child's Mother, filed a petition in the Sumner County Juvenile Court seeking to establish paternity and to obtain past and future…