Payne v. State Department of Human Resources

L. CHARLES WRIGHT, Retired Appellate Judge.

The superintendent of Oneonta City School initiated this case by filing a Child in Need of Supervision (CHINS) petition in February 1988. The petition alleges that Rochelle Payne is in need of supervision because she “has become uncontrollable at school” and “that disciplinary measures taken by the school authorities have not *1264been sufficient to control her behavior problems.”

Following ore tenus proceedings, the Juvenile Court of Blount County determined Payne to be a child in need of supervision. Payne was placed on six months’ probation.

Lawrence…