Changed Circumstances Warranted Granting Dad Custody
Tennessee child custody case summary on custody modification in divorce and family law. Velena Maria Ramirez Stierle v. Laz Ramirez Vallvey The parents in this Bradley County, Tennessee, case were divorced in 2016, and the mother was named the primary residential parent of their six year old, but with equal co-parenting time. In 2022, the […]
Read More»Dad Wins Custody Over Mom With Six Kids in Studio Apartment
Tennessee case summary on custody in divorce. John Byron Mejia v. Jenna Michelle Leone The child in this Rutherford County, Tennessee, case was born out of wedlock in 2019. They mutually agreed on a co-parenting schedule without court involvement, but in 2021, the father filed a petition to establish a permanent parenting plan. The father […]
Read More»Grandparents Not Entitled to Visitation After Children Adopted
Tennessee child custody case summary on grandparent visitation in divorce and family law. Roger Judd, et Al., v. Kaylee Powell, et Al. The Tennessee Grandparent Visitation statute grants Visitation rights to grandparents if visitation is not allowed by the custodial parents. But there is an important limitation in that statute: If a child is adopted […]
Read More»Mom Serves Jail Time for Contempt But Allowed to Relocate Child
Tennessee child custody case summary on relocation in divorce and family law. Jonathan Garrett Grace et al., v. Elizabeth Ann Baker Grace The parents in this were married in 2010 and had one child. When the child was one year old, they divorced in Kentucky. The judgment was subsequently registered in Montgomery County, Tennessee. From […]
Read More»Mom Allowed to Relocate to Germany With Children
Tennessee child custody case summary on relocation in divorce and family law. James Henry Whitaker, II, v. Viktoria Moor The parents in this Lincoln County, Tennessee, case were divorced in 2018, and the mother was named the primary residential parent of the two minor children. The father was granted 144 days per year of parenting […]
Read More»Dad Gets Sentence Reduced in Contempt Case
- At May 02, 2025
- By Kathryn Owen
- In Child Custody, Grandparent Rights
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Tennessee child custody case summary on grandparent visitation in divorce and family law. Justin Zachery Conners v. Kelly Suzanne Hahn The parents in this Williamson County, Tennessee, grandparent visitation case were divorced in 2017. The mother was named primary residential parent of the child, who had been born in 2012. Three months later, the mother […]
Read More»Interest in Gifted Family Partnership Was Separate Property
Tennessee case summary on property classification in divorce. Katherine Poling Robeson v. Travis Wilson Robeson The husband and wife in this Williamson County, Tennessee case were married in 2004. The husband was a realtor who specialized in farmland, and the wife was a stay-at-home mom for most of the marriage. About nine months before the […]
Read More»Custody Case Must Be Re-Tried After Trial Judge Limited Evidence
- At April 30, 2025
- By Kathryn Owen
- In Child Custody
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Tennessee case summary on custody in divorce. In re Remington G. The child in this Maury County, Tennessee case was born a month after the mother married her partner, and the child took the spouse’s surname. This stepmother was also listed as the child’s father on the birth certificate. The mother initially didn’t make the […]
Read More»Judge Not Required to Recuse Himself Despite Litigant’s Appeal
- At April 29, 2025
- By Kathryn Owen
- In Divorce, Judicial Recusal
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Tennessee case summary on judicial recusal in divorce. Benjamin McCurry v. Agnes McCurry Agnes McCurry was a party to two cases before Washington County, Tennessee, Judge D. Kelly Thomas, Jr., an order for protection case and a case in which she had been found in criminal contempt. She believed that Judge Thomas was biased against […]
Read More»Husband Can’t Prove That He Was Not Served Papers in Jail
- At April 28, 2025
- By Kathryn Owen
- In Divorce, Divorce Process
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Tennessee case summary on the divorce process. Alanna Lee Kummer v. Johnny Kummer, III The husband and wife were married for twenty years when the wife filed for divorce in Davidson County, Tennessee in 2022. She alleged irreconcilable differences and inappropriate marital conduct and asked for equitable division of the estate. At the time, the […]
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