In Re S.M. - Concurring

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE Assigned on Briefs January 7, 2004

IN RE S.M.

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No. M2003-00422-COA-R3-PT - Filed January 15, 2004

WILLIAM B. CAIN , J., concurring.

I disagree with the standard of review employed by the court in this case for the reasons discussed at more length in In Re Z.J.S., No. M2002-02235-COA-R3-JV, 2003 WL 21266854, at *18-22 (Tenn.Ct.App. June 3, 2003) (No Tenn. R. App. P. 11 application filed; Estate of Acuff v. O’Linger, 56 S.W.3d 527, 533-37 (Tenn.Ct.App. 2001). However, I would reach the same result employing the standard of review recited in Acuff v. O’Linger, 56 S.W.3d 527 at 537. Therefore, I concur with the court’s decision to reverse the order terminating R.G.L.’s parental rights.

__________________________________ WILLIAM B. CAIN, JUDGE