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ELDRIDGE v. ELDRIDGE

42 S.W.3d 82 (2001)

Anthony Keith ELDRIDGE v. Julia Edith ELDRIDGE.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

May 2, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael May, Kingsport, TN, for defendant-appellant, Julia Edith Eldridge.

Harold Wayne Graves, Johnson City, TN, for plaintiff-appellee, Anthony Keith Eldridge.

Stephen R. Scarborough, Atlanta, GA, and William Allen Mynatt, Knoxville, TN, for amicus curiae, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.

Susan Elizabeth MacKenzie, Memphis, TN, and William Allen Mynatt, Knoxville, TN, for amicus curiae, Memphis National Organization for Women.

Shannon Minter, San Francisco, CA, and William Allen Mynatt, Knoxville, TN, for amicus curiae, National Center for Lesbian Rights.

William Allen Mynatt, Knoxville, TN, for amicus curiae, Tennessee National Organization for Women.

Abby Rose Rubenfeld, Nashville, TN, and Bruce S. Kramer, Memphis, TN, for amicus curiae, The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee.

OPINION

HOLDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which ANDERSON, C.J., and DROWOTA, BIRCH and BARKER, JJ., joined.

BACKGROUND

We granted review of this child visitation case to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion in ordering unrestricted overnight visitation with the mother. The Court of Appeals held that the trial court had abused its discretion and imposed restrictions...

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