Search

6 results for “Tennessee Department of Children's Services”

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Tags Question Presented
24-5985 Tara Dawn Chapman v. Tennessee Department of Children's Services Tennessee 2024-11-15 Denied americans-with-disabilities-act fundamental-rights guardianship mental-disability parental-rights state-court Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to termination of parental rights cases and protects parents with mental disabilities from l…
23-6887 Brenda B. v. Tennessee Department of Children's Services Tennessee 2024-03-04 Denied 6th-amendment confrontation-clause confrontation-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-credibility hearsay-rules witness-credibility witness-testimony Do I have a right to confront alleged witnesses?
22-5357 Deanna D. v. Tennessee Department of Children's Services Tennessee 2022-08-16 Denied child-welfare civil-rights due-process ex-parte-order iv-e-funding parental-rights removal state-intervention What is the purpose of the removal of children from the mother's care when there is no reason for the removal?
18-9702 Cathrin Funk-Vaughn v. Tennessee Department of Children's Services Tennessee 2019-06-18 Denied agency-overreach child-custody child-jurisdiction child-removal diversion-plea document-fraud due-process evidence-suppression federal-funding first-amendment food-recall free-speech interstate-custody jurisdiction kidnapping law-enforcement parental-rights rescission unreasonable-search Does the Department of Children Services have the legal right to remove a child from a parent/legal guardian while the parent/legal guardian was on va…
18-1422 Michael B. v. Tennessee Department of Children's Services Tennessee 2019-05-14 Denied civil-procedure due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment guardian-ad-litem legal-disqualification parental-rights procedural-error witness-disqualification Whether the lower court's denial of the Father's motion to disqualify the Guardian Ad Litem, when her actions clearly indicated she had ceased being a…
18-745 Alan Overton v. Tennessee Department of Children's Services Tennessee 2018-12-11 Denied civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process family-law fundamental-rights parental-rights state-action strict-scrutiny substantive-due-process Does the court order and underlying state action which prohibits all contact between the father and his children violate substantive due process under…