Miles Mason Family Law Group has moved to a new office!
- At November 12, 2024
- By Kathryn Owen
- In News
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Having outgrown our previous office, MMFLG made the decision to move to a new space on the fourth floor of the Crescent Center, a location which Miles Mason calls “arguably the most recognizable office space in east Memphis.” We looked for “a special place where my daughter, Anne Mason, could use her commercial interior design […]
Read More»Miles Mason, Sr. Wins Joe Henry Writing Award from TBJ
- At October 20, 2024
- By Kathryn Owen
- In Child Custody, Child Support, Family Law, News
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At this year’s Tennessee Bar Association annual convention in Memphis, I was awarded the prestigious Justice Joseph W. Henry Award for Outstanding Legal Writing. The award, named for a former chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court, is presented to the writer of the “most outstanding” Tennessee Bar Journal article of the previous year. It is […]
Read More»Husband to Pay Alimony After Financial Duplicity and Alcohol Abuse
Tennessee alimony divorce case summary after 7 years married. Andrew Francis Tittle v. Deidre Lyn DeYoung Tittle The parties in this Williamson County, Tennessee, case met in Michigan, and moved to Tennessee in 2014, after the husband was offered a position with his father’s company overseeing operations in the region. They married in 2014 and […]
Read More»Property Husband Bought Day After Wedding Remained Separate
Tennessee case summary on property division in divorce. David E. Tate v. Felicia M. Tate The husband and wife in this Rutherford County case were married in 2020. The day after the wedding, the husband closed on the purchase of property, and the parties lived there for the duration of their short marriage. The property […]
Read More»Custody Determination Reversed When Not Clearly Court’s Independent Judgment
- At August 20, 2024
- By Kathryn Owen
- In Child Custody, Divorce
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Tennessee case summary on the independent judgement of courts in divorce. Lisa Sykes v. Paul Cox The father in this Tennessee case filed a petition for custody in Sullivan County, but when the mother challenged venue, the case was moved to Montgomery County. The trial court, Judge Wayne C. Shelton, granted the father custody, and […]
Read More»Court Lacks Authority to Transfer Property Owned by LLC
- At August 19, 2024
- By Kathryn Owen
- In Divorce, Property Division
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Tennessee case summary on property division in divorce. Louise Ann Sexton v. Michael Bryant Sexton The wife in this Knox County, Tennessee, case filed for divorce in 2018. The filing of the case put into effect the automatic statutory injunction under a Tennessee statute, and both parties signed a document acknowledging that injunction. The husband […]
Read More»Divorce Provision Regarding Military Pension Not Modifiable
Tennessee case summary on property division in divorce. Kari Dale Remus v. Brandon Joseph Nunn The parties in this Robertson County, Tennessee, case were divorced in 2016. The decree adopted their marital dissolution agreement (MDA). Among other things, the MDA provided that the wife would be awarded a portion of his military retirement account. After […]
Read More»Mom Allowed to Relocate to NC with Child
Tennessee child custody case summary on relocation in divorce. Kristina Collins Ramsey v. Austin A. Ramsey The parents in this Sevier County, Tennessee case were married in 2015 and separated shortly after their son was born in 2020. At trial, the mother testified that she was unable to refinance the marital residence to buy out the […]
Read More»Wife Entitled to Alimony After 20 Year Marriage to Physician
Tennessee alimony divorce case summary after 20 years married. Catherine Wolte Pallekonda v. Vinay Anand Raj Pallekonda The parties in this Madison County, Tennessee, case were in their 50s and had been married for almost twenty years at the time of their divorce. The wife had worked as a registered nurse early in the marriage, […]
Read More»Judge’s Complaint Against Lawyer in Other Case Did Not Warrant Recusal
- At August 14, 2024
- By Kathryn Owen
- In Divorce
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Tennessee case summary on motions to recuse in divorce. Catina Hope Kestner Lusk v. Brandon Burl Lusk The wife in this Unicoi County, Tennessee, case filed for divorce in 2021. The husband filed an answer, but the case remained dormant for over a year. The case was eventually set for trial before Judge Suzanne Cook. […]
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