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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE WESTERN SECTION AT JACKSON ______________________________________________ JACQUELINE FIELDS, Petitioner-Appellant, Judge REMANDED C.A. No. 02A01-9804-JV-00118 Weissman & Associates of Memphis, For Appellant Shelby Juvenile No. E0932 The Hon. A. V. McDowell,

Vs.

VINCENT SCOTT FIFER,

FILED

August 2, 1999 Defendant-Appellee. Cecil Crowson, Jr. Appellate Court Clerk

Charles A. Sevier and Gail R. Sevier of Memphis, For Appellee ____________________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION1 ____________________________________________________________________________

This case, which is before us a second time, involves a child support controversy. Petitioner-Appellant, Jacqueline B. Fields, appeals the juvenile court's order modifying the amount of child support that Respondent-Appellee, Vincent Scott Fifer, was originally ordered to pay. On August 18, 1993, Ms. Fields filed a petition against Mr. Fifer in the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County to establish paternity of Brandon Lawrence Fields (now Brandon Lawrence Fifer), born August 31, 1992, and to set child support. On September 15, 1993, the juvenile court entered a default judgment declaring Mr. Fifer the father of the minor child and setting monthly child support at $1,155.00. Mr. Fifer's subsequent motion to set aside the default judgment as to child support was granted and a hearing was held on September 30, 1993. Following the hearing, the juvenile court reset the monthly child support at $840.00. The judge deviated downward from the amount required by the Tennessee Child Support Guidelines finding that application of the guidelines would be unjust and inappropriate. Ms. Fields appealed to this Court and on September 20, 1995, the Court filed a memorandum opinion that vacated the order of the juvenile court and remanded the case for a

Rule 10 (Court of Appeals). Memorandum Opinion.--(b) The Court, with the concurrence of all judges participating in the case, may affirm, reverse or modify the actions of the trial court by memorandum opinion when a formal opinion would have no precedential value. When a case is decided by memorandum opinion it shall be designated "MEMORANDUM OPINION," shall not be published, and shall not be cited or relied on for any reason in a subsequent unrelated case.

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determination of Mr. Fifer's gross income, a determination of the amount of support applicable under the guidelines, and written findings as required by T.C.A.

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