JAMES WILLIAMS ROSE ET AL. v. PATRICK M. MALONE - Articles

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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Feb 27, 2025

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Daniel A. Horwitz, Lindsay Smith, and Melissa K. Dix, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Patrick M. Malone.

Attorneys 2: Ashley Goins Alderson, Rebecca McKelvey Castañeda, and Thomas A. Dozeman, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellees, James William Rose and Jennie Adams Rose.

Judge(s): USMAN

Grandparents brought a criminal contempt petition against Father for alleged violations of a grandparent visitation order. After a bench trial, the trial court found the father guilty on all 23 counts of criminal contempt and sentenced him to the maximum sentence of 10 days per count to be served consecutively. Of the 230 days, 140 days were suspended, with a sentence of 90 days of actual confinement. Father raises multiple challenges on appeal to every count and also challenges the sentences imposed. We affirm 11 of the counts, reverse 12 of the counts, and remand for resentencing.

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