What Happened to the Pethtels?

What Happened to the Pethtels?:

AFRA EDITORIALS
By Leonard Henderson
November 16, 2011

What Happened to the Pethtels?

This morning, an AFRA NewsHawk sent in this story-

OLIVER SPRING COUPLE FILES $50 MILLION LAWSUIT OVER ABUSE CHARGES, REMOVAL OF CHILDREN
By Bob Fowler
Published Thursday, March 10, 2011
KnoxNews.com

I noticed the date the story was written, and since it's a 7 month old story, I was about ready to forget about it and move on. But curiosity compelled me to do a websearch on "Pethtel" to see if anything new had happened. Found some interesting news spin in August 2010 about them "hiding out" and then being "found" in their car at a gas station in town. A story written like that is all you need to "win" in the court of public opinion.

Turns out, the Pethtels were ADOPTERS who adopted kids from all over the world.

The lawsuit is still in court-

Pethtel et al v. State of Tennessee Department of Children's Services et al

Case Number: 3:2010cv00469
Filed: November 8, 2010
Court: Tennessee Eastern District Court
Office: Knoxville Office

A case filed in November 2010 makes it to the news in March 2011? Interesting. Since I have a PACER account, I got the Docket Report -

07/11/2011 138 SCHEDULING ORDER: Jury Trial set for 6/25/2012 09:00 AM in Courtroom 3C - Knoxville before District Judge Thomas A Varlan.

Or maybe not- (This is the last entry in the Docket Report currently)

09/28/2011 171 ORDER granting in part and denying in part 144 145 148 151 152 155 156 157 161 164 and 165 the Motions to Stay and/or Extend Time. Discovery in this matter and all deadlines in the Court's Scheduling Order are STAYED. The trial of this matter will remain as set, but the parties may request that the District Judge reset the trial date in the Spring, if or when it becomes apparent that the date is no longer viable. The case will not be stayed in its entirety, and the Court will issue rulings on the motions to dismiss in due course. In addition, Attorney Arthur Knight will inform the Court when the proceedings in Anderson County, Tennessee are concluded. Signed by Magistrate Judge H Bruce Guyton on September 28, 2011. (AYB) (Entered: 09/28/2011)

And I paid the $2.40 to get the actual Doc #1 Complaint

Very interesting reading begins at page 9.

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