STATE, DEPT. OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES v. MIMS

No. W2007-02436-COA-R3-PT.

285 S.W.3d 435 (2008)

STATE of Tennessee, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES v. Cedric Renee MIMS & Angela Brown In the Matter of N.B., C.B., & T.B.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, at Jackson.

November 24, 2008.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court March 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

André C. Wharton, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant Cedric Renee Mims.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter, and Douglas Earl Dimond, Senior Counsel, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee State of Tennessee, Department of Children's Services.

Christina A. Zawisza and Jessica Erin Wood, Memphis, Tennessee, Guardian ad Litem.


OPINION

HOLLY M. KIRBY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which DAVID R. FARMER, J., and WALTER C. KURTZ, SP. J., joined.

This appeal involves the termination of parental rights. The children were taken into protective custody soon after the birth of the youngest child, and were ultimately found to be dependent and neglected. The father was not appointed an attorney at this stage of the proceedings...

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