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Bond v. McKenzie

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided March 20, 1995PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

REID, Justice.

This case presents for review the competing claims of the mother of an infant and a couple who have custody of and have petitioned to adopt the child. The record requires that the decision of the Court of Appeals denying the mother custody be reversed and that the petition for adoption be dismissed.

The child was born in May 1987. The mother was awarded custody of the child and her two brothers when she was granted a divorce from their father. Because of the child's medical problems, the mother was not able to place her in a day care facility with her other two children.…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Hawk v. HawkTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Davis v. DavisTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Nale v. RobertsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Miers v. BettertonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1898
  5. State v. KilvingtonTennessee Supreme Court · 1898

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. In Re Adoption of Female ChildTennessee Supreme Court · 1995
  2. McDermott v. DoughertyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2005
  3. Petrosky v. KeeneTennessee Supreme Court · 1995
  4. In Re AskewTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
  5. Dept. of Children's Services v. D.S.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1997

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