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Brittany Sharayah Lehmann v. Jerry Scott Wilson

Tenn. Ct. App.December 6, 2024No. M2023-01529-COA-R3-JV

Case Details

Judge(s)
Judge Arnold B. Goldin
Status
Published
Procedural Posture
appeal

Related Laws

No specific laws identified for this ruling.

Excerpt

This appeal concerns custody and child support determinations regarding a minor child. Because the trial court failed to identify and employ the applicable legal standard, we vacate the judgment as to the limitation of Father's parenting time, the imposition of supervised parenting time, and the suspension of Father's parental rights. Additionally, we vacate the award of attorney's fees to Mother because the trial court failed to determine their reasonableness. The judgment is otherwise affirmed as to the remaining issues and the case is remanded for further proceedings.

What This Ruling Means

This case appears to involve a family law dispute rather than an employment matter, despite being categorized as employment law. The case centered on Brittany Sharayah Lehmann and Jerry Scott Wilson's disagreement over custody and child support arrangements for their minor child. **What happened:** The parents were in court fighting over parenting time, child support, and related issues. A trial court had made decisions limiting the father's parenting time, requiring his visits to be supervised, and temporarily suspending some of his parental rights. The court also ordered him to pay the mother's attorney's fees. **What the court decided:** The appeals court found that the trial court made errors in how it handled the case. Specifically, the lower court failed to use the correct legal standards when making its decisions. The appeals court sent the case back to the trial court to be reconsidered using proper legal guidelines. **Why this matters for workers:** This case doesn't appear to directly impact workers' rights or employment issues. The categorization as "employment law" seems to be an error, as this is clearly a family law matter involving child custody and support rather than workplace disputes.

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