COURT OF APPEALS OPINIONS

Cannon vs. Cannon
03A01-9702-CV-00059

Cinda Kay Cantrell vs. James Clarence Cantrell & Marie Loya
01A01-9603-CV-00091
Trial Court Judge: Marietta M. Shipley

James Thigpen vs. First City Bank
01A01-9603-CV-00095
Trial Court Judge: Don R. Ash

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Shava Lynn Kendrick vs. Larry Bert Kendrick
M2004-00540-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Leonard W. Martin
This case involves a father's efforts to protect his children from their mother's sexually abusive relatives. When the mother filed for divorce in the Chancery Court for Houston County, she also filed a notice of intent to relocate with the children to the State of New York to be closer to her family, including a stepfather who had sexually abused and raped her when she was a child. Following a bench trial, the trial court declared the parties divorced, designated the mother as the primary residential parent, and permitted the mother to move to the State of New York with the parties' children. The father has appealed, arguing first that the trial court's custody and relocation decisions have exposed the children to an unreasonable risk of sexual abuse and second, that the trial court erred by refusing to designate which of the parties should be permitted to claim the children as tax exemptions. We have determined that the trial court erred by allowing the mother and the children to move to the State of New York without sufficient proof regarding their safety. We have also concluded that the court erred by refusing to address the parties' tax exemption issues.

Diane Watters vs. William Watters & General Mills
02A01-9511-CH-00254
Trial Court Judge: Floyd Peete, Jr.

Gerald White/White Trucking vs. Aquarius Industries, Inc.
02A01-9605-CV-00129
Trial Court Judge: Mcginley

02A01-9508-CV-00176
02A01-9508-CV-00176
Trial Court Judge: Dick Jerman, Jr.

Nickolas Price, et al vs. Christian Price
02A01-9609-CH-00228
Trial Court Judge: Floyd Peete, Jr.

Mattie Bedford vs. Margaret Culpepper, et al
02A01-9604-CH-00085
Trial Court Judge: C. Neal Small

Albert Milam/Tina Milam vs. Franklin Wilson
02A01-9607-CV-00167

John Wolfe vs. First American Corp.
02A01-9510-CV-00212
Trial Court Judge: Whit A. Lafon

Bobbie & Willie Byrd vs. First Tennessee Bank
02A01-9610-CV-00252

State Farm Ins. vs. Gill
01A01-9701-CV-00010
Trial Court Judge: Tyrus H. Cobb

Turtle Creek Apts. vs. Polk
01A01-9608-CV-00382
Trial Court Judge: Walter C. Kurtz

Dillon vs. State
01A01-9701-BC-00020

Robins vs. Flagship Airlines, Inc. & AMR Corp
01A01-9612-CV-00550
Trial Court Judge: Walter C. Kurtz

The City of White House vs. Whitley, et. al.
01A01-9612-CH-00571
Trial Court Judge: Tom E. Gray

The City of White House vs. Whitley, et. al.
01A01-9612-CH-00571

Hunter vs. Anderson
01A01-9701-CV-00024
Trial Court Judge: Thomas Goodall

Ruff vs. Traughber
01A01-9702-CH-00074
Trial Court Judge: Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.

Tomlinson vs. Traughber
01A01-9703-CH-00143
Trial Court Judge: Ellen Hobbs Lyle

Flowers vs. Metro Baptist Schools
01A01-9705-CH-00219
Trial Court Judge: Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.

Gates, Duncan & Vancamp Co., et al vs. Richard Levantino
02A01-9605-CH-00095

Marles Flowers vs. Memphis Housing Authority
02A01-9610-CV-00240
Trial Court Judge: Wyeth Chandler