In Re Adoption of Female Child

Decided March 20, 1995. Lyle Reid wrote the opinion for the court.

896 S.W.2d 546 · Cited 325 times

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Hawk v. Hawk · 855 S.W.2d 573
• Nale v. Robertson · 871 S.W.2d 674
• Davis v. Davis · 842 S.W.2d 588
• Broadwell Ex Rel. Broadwell v. Holmes · 871 S.W.2d 471
• Bond v. McKenzie · 896 S.W.2d 546
• Adoption of Bowling v. Bowling · 631 S.W.2d 386

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• In the matter of: Bianca Arneshe Askew, Dorothy Lewis v. Julie Donoho · 993 S.W.2d 1
• In Re Swanson · 2 S.W.3d 180
• Blair v. Badenhope · 77 S.W.3d 137
• Nash-Putnam v. McCloud · 921 S.W.2d 170
• Tennessee Baptist Children's Homes, Inc. v. Swanson · 2 S.W.3d 180
• David M. Sharp v. Debbie And Michael Stevenson
• In Re: Adoption of AMH, a minor Jerry L. Baker and wife, Louise K. Baker v. Shao-Qiang (Jack) He and wife, Qin (Casey) Luo
• Arthur Blair v. Marilyn Badenhope
• In Re Christian S.
• Toms v. Toms · 98 S.W.3d 140
• Hall v. Bookout · 87 S.W.3d 80
• Debbie Sikora ex rel. Shelley Mook v. Tyler Mook · 397 S.W.3d 137
• In the Matter of Shelby R. and Sydnee R.
• Jessica Diane Toms v. James Anthony Toms
• Lynn Hall v. Mark Bookout
• In Re Arianna B.
• In Re Dyllon M.
• In Re Carrington H. · 483 S.W.3d 507
• In re Navada N. · 498 S.W.3d 579
• Keisling v. Keisling · 92 S.W.3d 374
• Watkins v. Nelson · 748 A.2d 558
• McDermott v. Dougherty · 869 A.2d 751
• Planned Parenthood of Middle Tennessee v. Sundquist · 38 S.W.3d 1
• Simmons v. Simmons · 900 S.W.2d 682
• Crystal BLACKWELL, as Next Friend to Jacob Blackwell, a Minor v. SKY HIGH SPORTS NASHVILLE OPERATIONS, LLC · 523 S.W.3d 624

Explore from here

Lyle Reid’s Judicial Record · Tenn. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).