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STATE DEPT. OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES v. OWENS

129 S.W.3d 50 (2004)

STATE of Tennessee DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES v. Sarah OWENS, et al., In the Matter of S.L.O.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

March 11, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; and Douglas Earl Dimond, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Tennessee Department of Children's Services.

James S. Haywood, Jr., Brownsville, Tennessee, for the appellees, Frank A. Maddox and Burnett Maddox.

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

Opinion

This case presents an issue of jurisdiction—whether the circuit court or the Court of Appeals has the authority to hear and decide this appeal from the juvenile court. We hold that the Circuit Court for Haywood County has...

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