BROWN v. LATHAM


914 S.W.2d 887 (1996)

Susan L. BROWN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Fred De Loach LATHAM, Respondent-Appellant. Patricia Peebles WALKER, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Clint Monroe WALKER, Sr., Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

January 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Arline Evans, Nashville, for Petitioner-Appellee Susan Brown.

Charles W. Burson, Attorney General & Reporter, Jerry Smith, Deputy Attorney General, Nashville, for Petitioner-Appellee Patricia Peebles Walker and Amicus Curiae.

Clark L. Shaw, Nashville, for Respondents-Appellants.

John E. Herbison and Rebecca Freeman, Nashville, for amicus curiae Tennessee Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


REID, Justice.

These cases, which were consolidated on appeal, arose from proceedings on petitions for contempt for failure to make child support payments in divorce cases. The issue presented for review is whether a person charged with violating Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-104(a) (1991), for the failure to comply with a child support order, is entitled to a jury trial.1 The judgment of the...

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