This recent article by Marlene Moses in the Tennessee Bar Journal may be of interest to readers of this blog. Modification of Permanent Parenting Plans…
Facts: After eight years of marriage that resulted in the birth of one child, the parties divorced. At trial, Mother testified to numerous incidents of…
Facts: After a short marriage notable for domestic violence, the parties divorced. Mother was named the primary residential parent of Child, and Father was awarded…
Facts: Husband and Wife separated. Wife obtained an order of protection against Husband after claiming she was “extremely afraid” of him. While the Order prohibited…
Facts: Husband and Wife separated. Wife then obtained an Order of Protection against Husband and later filed for divorce. When they divorced, the trial court…
More on new family law legislation from the Tennessee Legislature in 2011: Orders of Protection. A new law specifies that an ex parte order of protection issued to…
Facts: Mother sought an Order of Protection against Father. Mother alleged Father placed her in fear by, inter alia, grabbing her, choking her, threatening her,…
Facts: Mother and Father had nine children in their 28-year marriage. In their divorce, they agreed a Parenting Plan but returned to court with frequent…
Facts: Mother and Father had nine children in their 28-year marriage. In their divorce, they agreed a Parenting Plan but returned to court with frequent…
Facts: Girlfriend, a Tennessee resident, sought and obtained an Order of Protection against her former Boyfriend, a Georgia resident. Boyfriend challenged a Tennessee court exercising…
Facts: Two-year old Child lived with Mother and Mother’s boyfriend. When the maternal grandmother observed bruised condition of Child, she took Child to the hospital,…
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…