Gift or No Gift? Property Classification Appealed in Memphis, Tennessee Divorce: Tarver v. Tarver
When does Tennessee consider an asset acquired during the marriage to be separate property?
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Alimony in futuro Vacated in Memphis, Tennessee Divorce: Ellis v. Ellis
What findings are needed to sustain an award of periodic alimony in Tennessee?
Read MoreAlimony for Attorney’s Fees Increased on Appeal in Memphis, Tennessee Divorce: Lucchesi v. Lucchesi
When can a Tennessee court award alimony to pay attorney’s fees?
Read MoreAbility to Pay Child Support Disputed in Memphis, Tennessee: State ex rel. Groesse v. Sumner
How can a Tennessee court find that a parent can pay their court-ordered child support?
Read MorePrivate School Tuition and Attorney’s Fees Reversed in Memphis, Tennessee Child-Support Modification: Pierce v. Pierce
When can a Tennessee court award attorney’s fees in a child-support case? And how much should be awarded?
Read MoreCourt Divided on Attorney’s Fees in Nashville, Tennessee Alimony Modification: Jarman v. Jarman
When can a Tennessee court award attorney’s fees in an action to change alimony?
Read MoreCourt Divided over Attorney’s Fees in Franklin, Tennessee Alimony Modification: Scherzer v. Scherzer
Can one recover attorney’s fees in a postdivorce alimony modification in Tennessee?
Read MoreTennessee Family Law Legislative Update 2018
Was the Tennessee Legislature as bad in 2018 as they’ve been in previous years? You be the judge.
Read MoreParental Relocation for Remarried Parent Affirmed in Bradley County, Tennessee: Bramlett v. Bramlett
If a relocation increases the travel time for the other parent, does that prove vindictive motive?
Read MoreTN Supreme Court Says Marital Dissolution Agreement Requires Attorney’s Fee Award: Eberbach v. Eberbach
Equitable Division of Marital Property and Award of Attorney’s Fees Reviewed in Chattanooga, TN Divorce: Talley v. Talley
Facts: Husband and Wife were married for 26 years. They have two adult children. At the time of divorce, wife was 63 years old and retired because of health issues. Husband was 59 years old and earned $74,000 working as a mechanical engineer. The trial court awarded marital property valued at $542,763 to Wife and […]
Read MoreAgreed Child Support Order Not Void in Memphis Child Support Modification: State ex rel. Rogers v. Lewis
Facts: Mother and Father are the unmarried parents of Child. All the way back in 1999, the trial court approved the parties’ agreed order establishing paternity, awarding custody to Mother, ordering Father to pay Child’s birth expenses and medical insurance, and stating that the parties agreed no additional child support should be owed. Despite this […]
Read MoreEnforcement Provision in Marital Dissolution Agreement Compels Attorney’s Fee Award in Rhea Co., TN Divorce: Panda v. Panda
Facts: After 26 years of marriage, Husband and Wife divorced. The trial court approved their marital dissolution agreement (MDA) that addressed the division of assets and debt accumulated during the marriage. Among other things, the MDA directed that until the marital residence was sold, Husband and Wife would equally divide the mortgage payment, insurance, and […]
Read MoreDuration of Rehabilitative Alimony Reversed in Williamson County, TN Divorce: Hopwood v. Hopwood
Facts: Father and Mother divorced after 14 years of marriage. They have four children. During most of the marriage, Mother was a stay-at-home parent while Husband was the financial provider for the family. About a year before the divorce, Mother began working as a teacher’s assistant. She also enrolled in a community college with the […]
Read MoreAttorney’s Fees Not Allowed in Nashville, TN Criminal Contempt Case Regarding Child Support: Watts v. Watts
Facts: Mother and Father divorced in 2009. Father was ordered to pay $629 per month in child support and a portion of the children’s uncovered medical expenses. Five years later, Mother petitioned that Father be held in criminal contempt on 23 counts for failing to pay child support and seven counts for failing to pay […]
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