Opinion Flash

August 6, 2003
Volume 9 — Number 141

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Howard H. Vogel
Knoxville, Tennessee
Editor-in-Chief, TBALink

JOSEPH NEIL NOLEN v. AMY JAY NOLEN 
CORRECTED
WITH CONCURRING OPINION

Court:TCA

Attorneys:                          

Irene R. Haude, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Joseph Neil
Nolen.

Douglas Thompson Bates, III, Centerville, Tennessee, for the appellee,
Amy Jay Nolen and Third Party Custodian, Jeannie LaCasse.

Ronald Kilgore, Nashville, Tennessee for appellee, LaDonna Miller,
Third Party Custodian.

Judge: ASH

First Paragraph:

This appeal arises from the trial court's decision to award custody of
the parties' minor children to third party custodians.  After finding
each parent unfit, the chancellor awarded custody of the daughter to
the mother's aunt and the son was awarded to an unrelated third party.
 Parenting time was established every first and second weekend with
the third party custodians having the third weekend.  Holiday
parenting time was also included.  Most importantly the siblings were
reunited during these times with their parents.  Both parties were
ordered to split the child support obligation owed to the third
parties. The father filed this appeal. We affirm.

http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/nolenj_opn.wpd

CONCURRING OPINION
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