Here is a brief recap of some new laws recently enacted by the Tennessee Legislature regarding matrimonial and family law in Tennessee. 2010 Public Chapter…
Facts: Mother and Father married and had two children. Upon divorce, Mother was designated the primary residential parent (“PRP”) for Daughter while Father was the…
The recent revelations of audio recordings where Mel Gibson admits to hitting the mother of his child, Oksana Grigorieva, and threatens to kill her has…
Facts: During the course of their divorce, Wife’s telephone calls with her child from a previous marriage were recorded by that child’s father, who in…
Facts: During the course of their divorce, Wife’s telephone calls with her child from a previous marriage were recorded by that child’s father, who in…
Facts: In divorce, Mother was named primary residential parent of Children. Two years later, Mother and Children moved in with maternal grandparents, whereupon it was…
Facts: Child was born to unmarried parents. Mother filed Petition in Juvenile Court to establish paternity. Paternity was established and Father was awarded visitation on…
Facts: Parents had equal parenting time with Child. Trial court found “joint custody did not work for the parties and they did not communicate, and…
Facts: During the divorce litigation, Mother temporarily had primary residential custody of Child in Tennessee. Father, a veterinarian in Missouri, had regular visitation. Mother…
In order to modify a parenting plan, a parent must first prove a material change of circumstances affecting the child that was not reasonably foreseeable…
Facts: Mother filed for divorce in 2003 but dismissed that action after the parties reconciled in 2005. In 2006, Mother was arrested for prostitution. Father…
Facts: Unmarried parents had a child and lived together for some time. They ultimately split, Father paying child support and enjoying regular visitation. Mother became…
The recent post-divorce parenting plan modification opinion in Austin v. Austin is of interest for two reasons: Mother moved away so Father sought to modify…
In the recent opinion Sharp v. Stevenson, we see the three-member Court of Appeals taking the unusual step of splitting 2-1 to reverse the trial…
Last month I posted on a case in Illinois where the divorced parents were fighting over whether Father could expose his three-year old child to…