BROOKS v. CARTER


993 S.W.2d 603 (1999)

Todd Frederick BROOKS, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Linda Faye CARTER, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

May 24, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Hardison Law Firm, Robert L.J. Spence, Jr., Memphis, for Appellant.

Rita L. Stotts, Viola E. Johnson, Memphis, for Appellee.


OPINION

DROWOTA, J.

In this child custody case, we granted the application for extraordinary appeal to consider whether the Court of Appeals erred by ordering that mandate issue before the time period set forth by Tenn. R.App. P. 42 had expired.

As part of a final divorce decree, the trial court awarded primary custody of the parties' three minor children to the father. On February 2, 1999, the Court of Appeals reversed this aspect of the trial court...

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