IN RE VALENTINE


79 S.W.3d 539 (2002)

In the Matter of Oliver Ray VALENTINE, Jr.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

July 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra N. Brittenum, Nancy Percer Kessler, and Webb Alexander Brewer, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellants, Chanya Wallace and Oliver Ray Valentine, Sr.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter, and Douglas Earl Dimond, Assistant Attorney General, for the appellees, CASA and Tennessee Department of Human Services.


OPINION

JANICE M. HOLDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, Jr., and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

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