Facts: While the parties’ divorce was pending, they entered an interim order requiring Husband to pay Wife spousal support of $500 per month for three…
The appellate courts in Tennessee issue a lot of family law opinions that don’t make it onto the blog for one reason or another. My…
The appellate courts in Tennessee issue a lot of family law opinions that don’t make it onto the blog for one reason or another. My…
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Facts: The parties divorced after nearly 20 years of marriage. Husband was a physician with his own family medical practice. Wife was a stay-at-home mother.…
Facts: When the parties were divorced, Mother was named the primary residential parent. After the divorce, Mother experienced mental health problems that resulted in several…
Facts: Early in the parties’ divorce proceeding, they entered an agreed temporary order setting Father’s child support based upon his projected income of $75,000 per…
Facts: The parties divorced after over 30 years of marriage (and a 43-year relationship). During the marriage, they adopted their grandchild, who was a minor…
Facts: Shortly after Child’s birth, the Department of Children’s Services (“DCS”) removed Child from Mother based upon Mother’s alleged drug use. The following month, Mother…
Facts: The parties divorced after 34 years of marriage during which Wife had been a housewife and stay-at-home parent while Husband advanced his education and…
Facts: The parties divorced after a 12-year marriage. Wife was 41 years old, healthy, and had worked as a homemaker throughout most of the marriage.…
Facts: The parties divorced. Mother was named the primary residential parent. Father was ordered to pay child support. About a year after the divorce, the…
Facts: The trial court granted the adoption of Child by her foster parents. Child had been in the custody of the Department of Children’s Services.…
Facts: Stepfather was married to Stepdaughter’s mother for 25 years and helped raised Stepdaughter from the time she was five years old. When Stepdaughter gave birth to…
Facts: Child was declared dependent and neglected. Legal custody was awarded to the paternal great-grandmother (Ms. Evans). After Child’s mother died, the maternal grandmother (Ms.…