TENNESSEE DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES v. RILEY


689 S.W.2d 164 (1984)

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tommy Lee RILEY and Peggy Sue Riley, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section at Jackson.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied March 4, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leland Dale Wilson, Dyersburg, for defendants-appellants.

Dianne Stamey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for plaintiff-appellee.


CRAWFORD, Judge.

Tommy Lee and Peggy Sue Riley (hereinafter the Rileys) appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Obion County which terminated their parental rights to their two minor children Peggy Lee, born April 26, 1974 and Charles, born January 1, 1977. The Tennessee Department of Human Services (hereinafter TDHS) initiated this action by a petition filed in the Juvenile Court of Obion County which entered an order terminating the Rileys' parental rights...

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