This article by Lisa Prevost in The New York Times may be of interest. Divorce and the Shared Mortgage Deciding what to do with the…
This article by Kelli Grant at CNBC may be of interest. Breaking up is hard to do: Protecting assets in divorce Getting divorced has a…
This article by Janet Kidd Stewart in the Chicago Tribune is of interest. How Divorce after 50 May Affect Your Retirement Savings Getting unhitched this…
Facts: Husband and Wife divorced after 30 years of marriage. When dividing the marital property, the trial court placed a constructive trust over Husband’s $1.2 million…
Facts: Husband and Wife divorced after 27 years of marriage and 10 years of premarital cohabitation. At the time of trial, Wife was 77 years…
Facts: After 7 1/2 years of marriage, Husband and Wife divorced. Prior to the marriage, the parties purchased what would become the marital residence, which…
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and declared Tennessee’s ban on same-sex marriage violates the Fourteenth…
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and declared Tennessee’s ban on same-sex marriage violates the Fourteenth…
Facts: This 47-page (!!!) opinion begins with the following statement: “This is an appeal from an extremely contentious divorce.” The parties married in 1994 and…
Facts: Husband and Wife divorced after approximately 25 years of marriage. Wife presented evidence at trial that, during the four years the parties were separated,…
Facts: Husband and Wife divorced after 15 years of marriage. When the parties married, Husband owned a one-third interest in a family business. He subsequently…
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: Wife, 60, and Husband, 40, divorced after 14 years of marriage. At the time of their marriage, Wife had health problems, including a diagnosis…
Facts: The parties divorced after 28 years of marriage. At trial, the parties disputed the value of the marital residence. The trial court ordered the…
Facts: Husband and Wife divorced after seven years of marriage. Prior to the marriage, the parties entered into a written prenuptial agreement, which recites, inter alia,…