BENJAMIN JORDAN FRAZIER ET AL. v. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN’S SERVICES - Articles

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Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Jan 14, 2022

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter, Andrée Sophia Blumstein, Solicitor General, Amber L. Seymour, Assistant Attorney General, for the appellant, Tennessee Department of Children’s Services.

Attorneys 2: Kevin W. Weaver and Meredith Brasfield, Cordova, Tennessee, for the appellees, Audrey Lee Frazier and Benjamin Jordan Frazier.

Judge(s): MCBRAYER

The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services denied an application for adoption assistance payments because the adoptive children did not meet federal eligibility criteria. The adoptive family petitioned for judicial review. And the chancery court reversed. We conclude that the administrative agency’s decision was based on an erroneous interpretation of federal law. So we affirm the chancery court’s decision.

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