Facts: At the time of divorce, Mother was designated as the primary residential parent of the parties’ daughter. Two years later, Father filed a petition to…
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: Mother and Father lost custody of Child after their drug abuse led to Child being declared dependent and neglected. Child was placed in the…
Facts: Father was named the primary residential parent when the parties were divorced, and Mother was granted liberal parenting time with Child. Father filed three separate…
Facts: Father was named the primary residential parent when the parties were divorced, and Mother was granted liberal parenting time with Child. Father filed three separate…
Facts: Mother and Father are the never-married parents of Child. They agreed on a parenting plan that provided for equal co-parenting time. The agreed parenting…
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 had a child out of wedlock. Paternity was established, thereby requiring a determination of child support. The key issue was the…
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: Wife and Husband were divorced, at which time Husband was ordered to pay child support. At the time of divorce, Wife’s income for child…
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: Husband and Wife married in 1991, separated in 2006, and divorced in 2009. At the time of trial, Husband was 65. He is self-employed as…