Tennessee Family Law Legislative Update 2019
What changes to Tennessee family law occurred in the 2019 legislative session?
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Default Judgment Challenged in Franklin, Tennessee Divorce: Pack v. Pack
What can happen if you don’t timely respond to a complaint for divorce in Tennessee?
Read MoreTennessee Changes Rule about Objections to Discovery Requests, and War is Declared on “General Objections”
What objections to written discovery requests are — and are not — allowed in Tennessee?
Read MoreSubject-Matter Jurisdiction Contested in Interstate Parenting Dispute in Shelbyville, Tennessee: Parker v. Parker
When does a Tennessee court lose jurisdiction over a child-custody case?
Read MorePrivilege against Self-Incrimination and Adverse Inferences Examined in Smithville, Tennessee: Smith ex rel. Agee v. Palmer
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?
Read MoreParty-Prepared Findings of Fact Vacated in Blount County, Tennessee Postdivorce Dispute: Mitchell v. Mitchell
When are party-prepared orders acceptable in Tennessee courts?
Read MoreFailure to File Proposed Parenting Plan Not Fatal to Child-Custody Modification in Tennessee: Freeman v. Freeman
Must a Tennessee court dismiss an action to modify custody or visitation for failure to attach a proposed parenting plan?
Read MoreChild-Custody Change Reversed for Lack of Subject-Matter Jurisdiction in Knoxville, Tennessee: Cox v. Lucas
When does a Tennessee divorce court lose jurisdiction to change child custody?
Read MoreTwitter Results in Judicial Recusal in Nashville, Tennessee Divorce: Beaman v. Beaman
When must a Tennessee judge recuse him or herself from presiding over a divorce?
Read MoreDismissal of Parenting Plan Modification Reversed In Franklin, Tennessee: Gordon v. Gordon
At what point during a custody trial can a Tennessee court dismiss a party’s lawsuit?
Read MoreJudgment Affirmed after No-Show in Cookeville, Tennessee Divorce: Jackson v. Jackson
Facts: Husband filed for divorce after 25 years of marriage, and Wife filed a counter-complaint. After the trial had been rescheduled four times and Husband’s third lawyer withdrew, on August 31 the trial court rescheduled the trial for October 31, i.e., 60 days later and five years after the complaint for divorce was filed, and said […]
Read MoreOrder Drafted by Attorney Leads to Reversal of Termination of Parental Rights in Memphis, Tennessee: In re Marneasha D.
When can a Tennessee court use an order prepared by a lawyer?
Read MoreNo-Show Attorney Leads to Parental Relocation in Memphis, Tennessee: Allen v. Allen
What can a Tennessee court do if a parent and the parent’s attorney don’t show up for the trial?
Read MoreOrder of Protection Reversed for Lack of Discovery in Franklin, Tennessee: Luker v. Luker
Are litigants in an order-of-protection case entitled to discovery in Tennessee?
Read MoreError to Question Children Privately in Chattanooga, Tennessee Divorce: Robbins v. Robbins
When and how may a child testify in chambers in Tennessee? And who must be present?
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