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TENNESSEE DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES v. LUMLEY

638 S.W.2d 381 (1982)

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Assignee of Delores Anne King, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Luther Leon LUMLEY, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

August 30, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold W. Horne, Memphis, Michael E. Terry, Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Wilburt J. Chiapella, Memphis, for defendant-appellee.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

This case is before this Court on a procedural issue: whether a decision by a juvenile court on a question of law in a paternity suit (TCA § 36-222 et seq.) should be appealed to circuit court or to the Court of Appeals.

The child in question was born May 6, 1972. The Department of Human Services as assignee of the mother, a welfare recipient, brought action against the defendant herein on August 11, 1977. The action...

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