IN RE MATTER OF JAYDEN L.L.

No. M2009-02453-COA-R3-JV.

IN THE MATTER OF JAYDEN L. L.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville.

Filed December 7, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon R. Romain , Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Marce Lundsford, Jr.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr. , Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore , Solicitor General; and Warren A. Jasper , Senior counsel, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Frank G. Clement, Jr., J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Andy D. Bennett and Richard H. Dinkins, JJ., joined.


OPINION

FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., JUDGE.

The father of a minor child appeals his conviction of eighteen counts of criminal contempt for willful failure to pay child support. He contends the evidence was insufficient to sustain the convictions because the State failed to present evidence he had the ability to pay or that his failure to pay was willful. We agree and reverse the holding of the trial court.

A petition to establish paternity and set child...

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