TN Court of Appeals

This boundary line dispute involves a five-acre parcel of real property (“Disputed Property”) in McMinn County to which the petitioner and respondent, who own adjoining parcels, both claim ownership. The petitioner filed a petition to quiet title, requesting that she be declared the owner of the Disputed Property, and for declaratory judgment as to damages she claimed as a result of the respondent’s alleged trespass, encroachment, and harvesting of timber.

In August of 2012, Chloe S.K. (“Mother”) and Timothy A.K. (“Step-father”) filed a petition seeking to terminate the parental rights of Joshua A.P. (“Father”) to the minor child Jocilyn M.P. (“the Child”) and to allow Step-father to adopt the Child. After a trial, the Trial Court entered its Final Order Terminating Parental Rights on August 19, 2013 terminating Father’s parental rights to the Child after finding and holding, inter alia, that clear and convincing evidence existed of grounds to terminate Father’s parental rights to the Child pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann.

This appeal arises from a dispute concerning an employment contract between United States Metal Powders, Inc. and Plaintiffs, who claimed that they were owed vacation and severance pay when the company ceased production and sold its assets. United States Metal Powders, Inc. denied that Plaintiffs were owed vacation and severance pay. Following a bench trial, the trial court awarded severance pay but denied the claim for vacation pay. United States Metal Powders, Inc. appeals. We affirm the decision of the trial court and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

This is a termination of parental rights action focusing on the two minor children (“the Children”) of mother, Sandra W. (“Mother”). A termination petition was filed by the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (“DCS”) after the third custody proceeding involving the Children. The petition alleges the statutory grounds of abandonment, substantial noncompliance with the permanency plans, and persistent conditions.

This is a termination of parental rights case focusing on the three minor children (“the Children”) of father, Lawrence P. (“Father”). A termination petition was filed by the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (“DCS”), alleging the statutory grounds of abandonment by willful failure to visit, abandonment by willful failure to support, and abandonment by engaging in conduct prior to incarceration showing a wanton disregard for the welfare of the Children.