STATE EX REL. BAKER v. TURNER


562 S.W.2d 435 (1977)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Charlene Denise BAKER, Appellee, v. Kenneth TURNER and the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section.

Certiorari Denied February 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Minor Tait, Jr., Asst. County Atty., Memphis, for appellants.

Warren Miller, Memphis, for appellee.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court February 13, 1978.

MATHERNE, Judge.

The issue is whether a chancery court which awarded custody of a minor in a divorce decree retained such jurisdiction over the minor as to prevent a hearing and a placement of the minor by a juvenile court under a petition in that court to have the child declared a "dependent and neglected" child.

The chancellor held that "this child is a ward of the Chancery Court and any adjudication...

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