WPC -1Ũr q[L5Ū[DR=:rC@mU ~i'ΆEflK|?l DVA|Ah&x Ey"cd oli`KM!' +lg VNo9C]R iޖ$ϙۃ&~| 1ߋ3ifc "yEf`IPfU?U}nod_LvQ | ^ZnsȻ`ji,',5.-&{s7&2J%yUZ3䛧pSp0fTߍMz͡aʖ5)v>{'č#P\f4>CAa|}@ ѱ=ᔸA:beJG%Ώ_MFgI%>kg!f{ӆoC)csb#\ %% ^ + 07 UN w 4 z%  q  m   UN 0DEb 0 B 0 D5q D- 0K ASq 07 0D A\\IB01S01\CLERK1NAS,,,,0H1 (`$.8dd8    ("  Z6Times New Roman RegularJE1:i+00 C:\PROGRA~1\COREL\WORDPE~1\TEMPLATE\CUSTOM~1\REVISE~1.WPTC:\Program Files\Corel\WordPerfect Office 2000\Template\Custom WP Templates\revised standard opinion.wpt3|xU VaughnKaatrude DubespousalEkelem COAHewsonM.A.R. P.J.StameyDycusM.L.B.S.L.J. K.R.Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5(#$  0    R$      1    _Tenn.Ct.App.R.10provides:  8  TheCourt,withtheconcurrenceofalljudgesparticipatinginthecase,mayaffirm,reverseormodify H theactionsofthetrialcourtbymemorandumopinionwhenaformalopinionwouldhaveno  L precedentialvalue.Whenacaseisdecidedbymemorandumopinion,itshallbedesignated   MEMORANDUMOPINION,shallnotbepublished,andshallnotbecitedorreliedonforany  reasoninanyunrelatedcase.X   - -(|G2$ !.8T5dd8         0   d(|3{$ !.8T5dd8     VVVV)!dxdx)!dxdx( $ Figure  1  ^_X`YE<<CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5(|3{$ !.8T5dd8     ($$   1  X[Z&OLE 2.0 Box <=8C HKKKK !.8T5dd8     _H  T58 XXdd8  @ FT5INTHECOURTOFAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE  @kk$ATNASHVILLE#T5F(#Ԉ &   September7,2004Session  L X XT5#T5XX # InreM.A.R. X XT5  J @@ AppealfromtheWilliamsonCountyJuvenileCourt  J @@No.37102AlfredNations,Judge  6 @@*AV) ` dE< ` A    @@TTNo.M200302929_COA_ԄR3PTFiledOctober8,2004   AV) ` dE<` A      Thisappealinvolvestheterminationofabiologicalmothersrightsregardinghernineyearoldson.   AfterthejuvenilecourtgrantedtheDepartmentofChildrensServicespetitiontoterminateher   parentalrights,themotherappealedtothiscourtasserting(1)thatthecourterredbyfailingtogrant t heracontinuance,(2)thatshewasdeniedeffectiveassistanceofcounsel,and(3)thatthe ` Departmentfailedtoproveanysubstantivegroundsforterminationbyclearandconvincing L evidence.Wehavedeterminedthatthejudgmentterminatingthemothersparentalrightsmustbe 8x vacatedbecausethetranscriptoftheproceedingsincludedintheappellaterecordisnotafull, $d accurate,andcompleteaccountofthejuvenilecourtproceedings.Withoutanadequaterecord,the P motherhasbeendeprivedofherrighttoeffectiveappellatereviewofthedecisiontoterminateher < parentalrights. (  @Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentoftheJuvenileCourtVacated   #T5X g#X X.T5WilliamC.Koch,Jr.,P.J.,M.S.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichWilliamB.Cainand  PatriciaJ.Cottrell,JJ.,joined.  SusanV.Logan,Franklin,Tennessee,fortheappellant,K.R. \ PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter,andDianneStameyDycus,DeputyAttorney 4!t! General,fortheappellee,DepartmentofChildrensServices.  "`"  @!MEMORANDUMOPINION #T5XX # #  1      X XT5Ԉ #8 $   OnSeptember10,2003,theWilliamsonCountyJuvenileCourtconductedabenchtrial %"& regardingthepetitionoftheTennesseeDepartmentofChildrensServicestoterminateK.R.s &"' parentalrightstohernineyearoldson.OnNovember7,2003,thecourtfiledanorderterminating '#( K.R.sparentalrights.Afterthejuvenilecourtdeniedhermotionforanewtrial,K.R.perfecteda  timelyappeal.ThiscourtheardoralargumentsinthecaseonSeptember7,2004.    Followingsubmissionofthecase,thiscourtascertainedthatthetranscriptoftheSeptember  10,2003proceedingfiledwiththiscourtdoesnotcontainafull,accurateandcompleteaccountof p theproceedingsinthejuvenilecourtonthatday,andthatthedeficienciesinthetranscriptwereso \ significantthattheypreventedusfromaddressingtheissuesK.R.soughttoraiseonappeal.We H  informedcounselforbothpartiesofourconcernsbecauseofK.R.srighttoapropertranscriptthat 4 t wouldenablehertoobtaineffectiveappellatereviewofthedecisiontoterminateherparentalrights.  ` SeeM.L.B.v.S.L.J.,519U.S.102,128,117S.Ct.555,570(1996).Counselhavenowagreedthat  L  thetranscriptdoesnotmeettherequirementsofTenn.R.App.P.24(b).  8    Therefore,basedontheagreementofcounselforbothparties,wevacatetheNovember7,   2003orderterminatingK.R.sparentalrightsandremandthecasetothejuvenilecourtforanew   trial.WetaxthecostsofthisappealtotheTennesseeDepartmentofChildrensServices.      `     h     ______________________________ X    `     h     WILLIAMC.KOCH,JR.,P.J.,M.S.