The Tennessee Supreme Court “strongly encourages” judges to impose mask mandates in their courtrooms in the midst of surging COVID hospitalizations. But is that enough? One Justice doesn’t think so.
Well, that didn’t take long. A few weeks ago I wrote about the sudden avalanche of appellate decisions dismissing parental-rights-termination cases because the appellant’s lawyer…
Well, that didn’t take long. A few weeks ago I wrote about the sudden avalanche of appellate decisions dismissing parental-rights-termination cases because the appellant’s lawyer…
The Tennessee Supreme Court released for review and comment a proposed new rule governing collaborative practice in family-law matters. The new rule is proposed by…
Hello, friends! It’s that time of year again—time to review how our legislators made Tennessee family law worse than it was this time last year. First, let’s…
Facts: In their divorce, Mother was designated the primary residential parent of Child and Father was awarded supervised visitation. Eventually, Mother married Stepfather. Paternal Grandparents petitioned…
Facts: The factual and procedural background can be found at my previous post on the Court of Appeals’ opinion. In a divided opinion, a majority of…
Facts: Mother and Father, both physicians, were divorced, and Father was ordered to pay child support of $2500 per month. Father was later found in…
Facts: Mother and Father, both physicians, were divorced, and Father was ordered to pay child support of $2500 per month. Father was later found in…
Facts: Wife filed for divorce and sought temporary alimony. Husband responded that Wife had waived any claim to alimony in a prenuptial agreement. The trial…
Facts: Mother is the parent of Child, whose biological father is unknown. When Mother was incarcerated for domestic violence, Mother’s sister and brother-in-law obtained temporary…
Facts: At divorce, Mother and Father agreed on a parenting plan designating Mother as the primary residential parent of the parties’ three children and establishing…
Facts: During the parties’ marriage, Husband accumulated 20,200 shares of vested and unvested stock options. At the divorce trial, Husband argued the options were of…
Facts: The parties were divorced after a 21-year marriage. Wife was granted the divorce because of Husband’s inappropriate marital conduct. Both had been employed throughout…
Effective today, the Tennessee Supreme Court has approved new forms that can be used for certain types of agreed divorces in courtrooms across the state.…