How can Tennessee courts enforce orders issued by courts in other states?
What are parents to do when their parenting schedule is based on the school calendar and schools are closed for the rest of the academic year?
How are you adjusting to the practice of law during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Domestic violence is a serious problem everywhere, including Tennessee. This serves as a necessary reminder of how serious it is.
Are litigants in an order-of-protection case entitled to discovery in Tennessee?
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.
What does it take to get an order of protection?
Facts: Woman works as a Legal Aid staff attorney representing domestic-violence victims. Man is an occupational therapist with PhD’s from both Oxford and Cambridge in…
Once again, I am honored to have been selected by my colleagues in the Knoxville Bar as being among the best divorce, family law, child…
Once again, I am honored to have been selected by my colleagues in the Knoxville Bar as being among the best divorce, family law, child…
Facts: After being hospitalized from Husband’s physical abuse, Wife obtained an order of protection prohibiting Husband from contacting Wife for one year. Wife later filed…
This recent article by Marlene Moses and Manuel Benjamin Russ in the Tennessee Bar Journal may be of interest to readers of this blog. Perfecting…
On February 12, 2015, the Tennessee Supreme Court adopted an amendment to the ethics rules that will ban written, electronic, telephonic, or in-person solicitation of…
The Tennessee Legislature has begun its 2015 session. Several bills affecting family law have been introduced. Below is a brief summary of some pending family law…