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 19 year marriage, Husband and Wife were divorced. After Husband’s father died in 1997, Husband began exhibiting signs of mental illness. Husband…
Facts: Mother and Father divorced in 2007. Father was named the primary residential parent of their two children. Mother had the children on extended alternating weekends…
Facts: At the time of divorce, Mother was named the primary residential parent of Child, and Father was granted visitation. Two years later, Mother and Child…
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: 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…
Facts: Mother and Father divorced in 2000 and agreed to joint custody of their two children with a parenting schedule that provided for equal time.…
Knoxville was covered with five inches of snow yesterday. I was scheduled to take some depositions but they had to be cancelled. I took my…