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IN RE TROY R., ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 29, 2026

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Darrell D. Blanton, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Hermes Rosa.

Attorneys 2: Laurie W. Hall, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellee, Jianping Huang.

Judge(s): MCGEE

This appeal involves a long-running custody dispute between unmarried parents. In this latest chapter of the litigation, the father filed a petition to modify, seeking to be named primary residential parent and/or increase his parenting time. The mother filed a counter- petition, seeking only a change in decision-making authority. The trial court denied the father’s petition but did make several changes to the parenting schedule. The trial court also granted the mother’s request to be named sole decision-maker for educational and extracurricular decisions and allowed her to obtain passports for the children. Finally, the trial court ordered the father to pay the mother’s attorney fees. The father appeals. We vacate in part, affirm as modified, and remand for further proceedings.

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