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…
Facts: Husband and Wife separated after 16 years of marriage. Husband moved out of the marital residence. Wife filed for divorce. After the separation but…
Facts: This isn’t exactly a Date From Hell, but it’s still a pretty good read. Man and Woman met via the dating website Match.com in…
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: Petitioner is mentally disabled and was sexually abused by Respondent, who was the youth leader at Petitioner’s church. Petitioner obtained an order of protection…
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…
In a recent post, I discussed the recent national decrease in divorce filings attributed to the current recession. I now have the statistics for Tennessee. …