Facts: Following an incident with one of her children, Mother was charged with aggravated child neglect and aggravated child abuse. Mother pleaded guilty to aggravated assault…
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…
Another year brings another round of mostly meaningless legislation from your Tennessee Legislature. Here’s the recap: Child custody. A new law requires a court, after taking into…
Facts: After a 26-year marriage, Wife was awarded a divorce on the grounds of inappropriate marital conduct. During the marriage, the parties lived beyond their…
Earlier this year, I blogged about oral argument in a U.S. Supreme Court case, Turner v. Rogers, concerning whether an indigent party facing incarceration for…
Facts: In a post-divorce child support modification proceeding, Father was ordered to pay Mother’s attorney’s fees in the amount of $22,000. To satisfy this judgment,…
Facts: In a post-divorce child support modification proceeding, Father was ordered to pay Mother’s attorney’s fees in the amount of $22,000. To satisfy this judgment,…
Facts: Mother and Father divorced after a short marriage. Father was ordered to pay child support. The parenting plan also contained the following paramour clause:…
Facts: Mr. King executed a Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity shortly after birth of Child. Five years later, Mr. King was ordered to pay child support…
Facts: Just days before the parents were divorced in 2001, Mother was arrested for solicitation to commit first degree murder after she allegedly attempted to…
Facts: Mother and Father married in 1990, had two children, and divorced in 1992. Father was awarded custody and Mother was ordered to pay $50…
Facts: While Mother and Husband were dating, Mother became pregnant and told Husband the soon-to-be Son was his. The parties married and Son was born.…
Facts: After a divorce in Carroll County, Mother and Child relocated to Nashville while father moved to Atlanta, Georgia. Post-divorce, Father filed a petition to…
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…
A few recent decisions with very narrow holdings on procedural questions are worth noting. 1. Tuetken v. Tuetken: The Tennessee Supreme Court held that parents…