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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT NASHVILLE
May 1, 2000 Session

NORMA M. SHEUCRAFT, ET AL. v. DEWEY LEE ROBERTS, III
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Davidson County
No. 96D-320 Marietta M. Shipley, Judge

No. M1999-01645-COA-R3-CV - Filed December 13, 2000
This is a custody dispute between the maternal grandparents, Petitioners, and the biological father, Respondent. The child, Lexie, was born to Dewey and Lisa Roberts in October of 1991 and was seven years of age at the June 1999 trial.  In 1995, Dewey Roberts and Lisa Sheucraft Roberts separated, and Lisa Roberts and Lexie moved in with the Petitioners.  Ms. Roberts and the child continued to reside with the Petitioners until her unexpected death in 1998 from a brain aneurysm related to a cocaine overdose.  The Respondent has a history of drug and alcohol abuse and, at the time of trial, was involved in an abusive relationship with a female companion.  The trial court, applying the

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