Facts: Mother and Father are the unmarried parents of Child. After Father’s paternity was established, he was awarded visitation with Child. Father filed a petition…
Prior to March 4, 2015, Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 4(H) required that lawyers citing unpublished opinions must attach a copy of the unpublished opinion to…
This recent article by Stacy Barchenger in The Tennessean may be of interest to readers of this blog. Attorney group seeks to delay divorce notifications…
Facts: After what Mother described as a “fling thing” with Father, Mother gave birth to Child in March 2009. Father saw Child at the hospital…
Facts: A more detailed summary of the underlying facts of this case and my analysis of the 2-1 decision from the Court of Appeals can be found here in…
Facts: Mother lives in California. Father lives in Tennessee. Child was born in Tennessee. A few months after Child’s birth, Mother left Tennessee with Child…
Facts: A married couple, Intended Mother and Father, entered into a surrogacy agreement with Surrogate Mother. Per the surrogacy agreement, Intended Mother and Father obtained…
Facts: A married couple, Intended Mother and Father, entered into a surrogacy agreement with Surrogate Mother. Per the surrogacy agreement, Intended Mother and Father obtained…
Facts: Mother and Father married, had two children, and divorced. Mother could not be located at the time of divorce though Father was granted custody…
Facts: Mother and Father, parents to two daughters, were divorced. By agreement, Father was designated the primary residential parent and Mother enjoyed 156 days of…
Facts: The parties divorced after 32 years of marriage. They survived mostly on substantial passive income from minority interests in several family businesses Husband inherited. Wife…
Things were pretty quiet on the legislative front this year. When it came to family law matters, the 108th General Assembly of the State of…
This article by Marlene Moses and Manuel Russ in the May 2014 issue of the Tennessee Bar Journal may be of interest to readers of…
Facts: This is the second interlocutory appeal in this case. In this child custody dispute, the parties agreed to engage Dr. Clement as an evaluating psychologist…
Facts: Mother and Father divorced in 2000. Years later, Father petitioned to modify his child support obligation. When the trial court granted Father’s petition and…