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Natasha S. v. Madison M.

Tenn. Ct. App.April 14, 2021No. M2020-00668-COa-R3-CV
RemandedMadison M

Case Details

Judge(s)
Judge Andy D. Bennett
Status
Published
Procedural Posture
trial verdict

Related Laws

No specific laws identified for this ruling.

Excerpt

Adoptive parents filed a petition to terminate their child's visitation with her biological grandmother on the grounds that the grandmother violated the terms of the agreed order setting visitation. The trial court terminated the grandmother's visitation based upon its determination that continued visitation presented a risk of substantial harm to the child. Because the trial court failed to analyze the case under the legal standards applicable to a modification of visitation, we vacate the order of the trial court and remand for the entry of an order with the necessary findings of fact and conclusions of law.

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 involved adoptive parents who wanted to stop their child's biological grandmother from visiting the child. The adoptive parents claimed the grandmother had violated the terms of a court order that originally allowed these visits. **What happened:** The adoptive parents asked the court to end the grandmother's visitation rights, arguing she had broken the rules of their visitation agreement and that continuing visits would harm the child. **What the court decided:** The trial court initially terminated the grandmother's visitation rights. However, the appeals court overturned this decision and sent the case back to the lower court. The appeals court found that the trial court had used the wrong legal standards when making its decision about changing the visitation arrangement. **Why this matters for workers:** This case doesn't appear to directly impact workers or employment rights, as it deals with family visitation issues rather than workplace matters. The classification as an employment law case may be an error in the court records. Workers looking for employment law guidance should focus on cases that actually involve workplace disputes, discrimination, wages, or other job-related issues.

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