Facts: Mother and Father never married. Child was born in 2010 in Arizona. Mother listed Father on Child’s birth certificate. Initially, Father lived in California…
Facts: Husband and Wife were divorced after 12 years of marriage. The trial court divided 68 acres of marital property into three separate tracts. Wife…
Things were relatively quiet on the family-law front this past legislative session. Notably missing, however, was any effort to update the various family-law statutes to…
Facts: Father and Mother divorced after 14 years of marriage. They have four children. During most of the marriage, Mother was a stay-at-home parent while…
Facts: While their divorce was pending in another court, Wife petitioned the trial court for an order of protection. She alleged being in fear of…
Facts: Mother’s parental rights to Child were terminated after a trial in which she was represented by court-appointed counsel. The trial court found three separate…
Facts: Mother’s parental rights to Child were terminated after a trial in which she was represented by court-appointed counsel. The trial court found three separate…
Prior to March 4, 2015, Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 4(H) required that lawyers citing unpublished opinions must attach a copy of the unpublished opinion to…
Facts: A more detailed summary of the underlying facts of this case and my analysis of the 2-1 decision from the Court of Appeals can be found here in…
I read a lot of appellate opinions on Tennessee family law, far more than make it onto this blog. For the most part, that amounts…
I read a lot of appellate opinions on Tennessee family law, far more than make it onto this blog. For the most part, that amounts…
Facts: Mother and Father divorced in 2000 and agreed to joint custody of their two children with a parenting schedule that provided for equal time.…
The Court of Appeals gives us some easy examples in two recent opinions. In Dhillon v. Dhillon, Husband and Wife enter into a Marital Dissolution…