Can one assert one’s Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination in a civil case in Tennessee? If so, when can a Tennessee court draw an adverse inference from one’s invocation of the Fifth Amendment privilege?
Technology is changing how divorce and family-law cases are investigated and tried.
When and how may a child testify in chambers in Tennessee? And who must be present?
Was the Tennessee Legislature as bad in 2018 as they’ve been in previous years? You be the judge.
Lawyers are taught to avoid asking one question too many. It turns out there’s an inverse to that rule.
Do a judge’s comments on the evidence in the middle of a trial require the judge to recuse herself?
Facts: Father and Mother are the parents of four children. After being found to be dependent and neglected because of severe abuse to one child, all…
What happens when a trial judge refuses to hear the preference of a 13-year-old child in a custody dispute?
What happens when a trial judge refuses to hear the preference of a 13-year-old child in a custody dispute?
The Tennessee Supreme Court released for review and comment a proposed new rule governing collaborative practice in family-law matters. The new rule is proposed by…
Hello, friends! It’s that time of year again—time to review how our legislators made Tennessee family law worse than it was this time last year. First, let’s…
This article by Jonah Bromwich and Daniel Victor in The New York Times just before the recent presidential election is interesting. In a Divorce, Who Gets…
Facts: Father and Mother are the divorced parents of a 10-year-old child. Several years after their divorce, they were in the midst of a parental relocation…
Facts: Father and Mother are the divorced parents of a 10-year-old child. Several years after their divorce, they were in the midst of a parental relocation…
Child Custody Agreement Vacated for Lack of Factual Findings in Savannah, TN: Stricklin v. Stricklin
Facts: Mother and Father divorced after 12 years of marriage. The parenting plan awarded Father 150 days of parenting time “on all his days off.”…