Facts: After Mother and Father divorced, Paternal Grandparents filed a dependency and neglect action. Following a hearing, the trial court found Child dependent and neglected…
Facts: After Mother and Father divorced, Paternal Grandparents filed a dependency and neglect action. Following a hearing, the trial court found Child dependent and neglected…
After an East Tennessee case drew a lot of media attention earlier this year on the issue of children’s names, I thought this article by…
Facts: Jennifer J. and Jennie G. were in a romantic and committed relationship for approximately fourteen years. They held themselves out as a couple to family…
Facts: Jennifer J. and Jennie G. were in a romantic and committed relationship for approximately fourteen years. They held themselves out as a couple to family…
Facts: Since Child’s birth, Grandparents babysat Child regularly while Mother worked, often several days each week. After a falling out between Mother and Grandparents, Mother…
Facts: Mother and Adoptive Father are the biological mother and stepfather/adoptive father of Child. Mother and Child’s biological father divorced, after which Adoptive Father adopted…
Facts: Mother and Adoptive Father are the biological mother and stepfather/adoptive father of Child. Mother and Child’s biological father divorced, after which Adoptive Father adopted…
Facts: In their divorce, Mother was designated the primary residential parent of Child and Father was awarded supervised visitation. Eventually, Mother married Stepfather. Paternal Grandparents petitioned…
Facts: Shortly after Child was born to Mother and Father, Child entered the custody of Maternal Grandparents. Nearly two years later, Maternal Grandparents file a…
Facts: Mother and Father are the unmarried parents of two children. After their relationship ended, Father was awarded visitation with the children every other Saturday.…
Facts: Mother and Father were never married. When Child was born, Father was in the military and stationed elsewhere. Mother allowed the paternal grandparents (“Grandparents”)…
It is the first day of July, which is traditionally when much of the new legislation from this year’s legislative session goes into effect. In…
Facts: When Child was 11 months old, the Department of Children’s Services (“DCS”) investigated a report of drug abuse by Mother and domestic violence in…
Facts: Mother and Father were married to one another when Child was born in Tennessee. Father moved to Massachusetts before Child was born and, other…