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DOCKERY v. DOCKERY

559 S.W.2d 952 (1977)

Guinn Franklin DOCKERY, Quay Dockery, Joe Dockery, Bobby Dockery, Chris Dockery, and Edith Buckner, Appellees, v. Della DOCKERY, Dr. Yutaka Kato, and Gary Gerbitz, Appellants, and Vickie Dockery and Laura Ann Dockery, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Eastern Section.

Certiorari Denied December 12, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Tucker Montgomery, Hixson, John D. Lockridge, Jr., Knoxville, for Dr. Yutaka Kato.

Gary Gerbitz, Dist. Atty. Gen., Floyd E. Morgan, Chattanooga, for Franklin Dockery, et al.

W. Neil Thomas, III, Chattanooga, for Della Dockery.

James M. Haley, IV, Chattanooga, for the minor children of Della Dockery.

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court December 12, 1977.

PARROTT, Presiding Judge (E.S.)

OPINION

This is an appeal from an action for declaratory judgment commenced by the family of Della Dockery to determine if Mrs. Dockery's husband could be appointed her guardian with authority to remove her from a life-sustaining respirator. In the final decree, the chancellor appointed Mr. Dockery conservator for his wife and declared that Della Dockery's treating...

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