Don’t Worry, Be Happy with Your Tennessee Divorce in 5 Easy Steps
- At June 02, 2014
- By Miles Mason
- In Divorce, Divorce Tips
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Is it possible to be happy and not worry about your Tennessee divorce? Tempered happiness perhaps, but the answer is “Yes.” With the right frame of mind going into the process, most people make it through divorce with mind, heart, and spirit intact. That is not to say that there will not be emotional challenges. […]
Read More»TN Mom Not Penalized for Helping Adult Son Transitional Alimony Kept
- At May 30, 2014
- By Miles Mason
- In Alimony Modification
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Tennessee alimony termination law case summary. Divorce and alimony law from the Court of Appeals. Rita Grace Tidwell Hickman v. Bobby Spencer Hickman – Tennessee transitional alimony modification case Rita and Bobby Hickman had been married for 21 years when the wife was granted a divorce on the grounds of inappropriate marital conduct. They had […]
Read More»Tennessee Mom Held in Contempt for Dragging Feet on Kids’ Passports
- At May 29, 2014
- By Miles Mason
- In After Divorce, Family Law
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Tennessee law case summary on contempt in family law from the Court of Appeals. Denise L. Heilig v. Roy Heilig – Tennessee post-divorce contempt. Denise and Roy Heilig were divorced in Shelby County, Tennessee, in 2008. They had two minor children, and the trial court adopted a parenting plan naming the mother the primary custodial […]
Read More»Divorcing Parents Don’t Need Temp. Plan If Already Had Permanent Plan
- At May 22, 2014
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Custody, Divorce Process
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Tennessee law case summary on parenting plan law in divorce and family law from the Court of Appeals. Christopher Vance Smalling v. Sarah Rebecca Smalling – Tennessee divorce procedure. The husband in this Sullivan County, Tennessee, case filed for divorce in May 2013, alleging irreconcilable differences. The parties executed a Marital Dissolution Agreement and agreed […]
Read More»Tennessee Court Upholds Property Settlement After Brutal Assault
- At May 20, 2014
- By Miles Mason
- In Divorce, Domestic Violence, Home, Property Division
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Tennessee law case summary on divorce, assault, property division and alimony in divorce and family law from the Court of Appeals. Victor R. Peterson v. Kathleen A. Peterson – Tennessee divorce alimony and assault. Victor and Kathleen Peterson were married in 1983. It was a second marriage for both, and they had no children. In […]
Read More»Statistics of Tennessee Domestic Violence – Painful Persistence
- At May 19, 2014
- By Miles Mason
- In Domestic Violence
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Domestic violence in the U.S. is not a new trend. Instead, it is a painfully persistent problem from which Tennesseans are not immune. Marybeth Conley and Alex Coleman interviewed Memphis TN attorney Miles Mason, Sr., for WREG News Channel 3’s Live @ 9 on the subject of domestic violence in our state. You can watch […]
Read More»Immigrant Mom from Ukraine Awarded Custody of Kids in TN Divorce
- At May 16, 2014
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Custody, Divorce
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Tennessee law case summary on custody in divorce and family law from the Court of Appeals. Ilie Nita v. Olga Nita – Tennessee divorce custody Olga and Ilie Nita were married in Olga’s native Ukraine in 1996. The wife had a Ukrainian degree in early childhood education. The husband, Ilie, was a native of Romania […]
Read More»Germantown Heiress Keeps Assets After Divorce
- At May 15, 2014
- By Miles Mason
- In Divorce, Property Classification
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Tennessee law case summary on transmutation in divorce and family law from the Court of Appeals. William Paul Luttrell v. Beverly Parker Luttrell – Tennessee divorce transmutation William and Beverly Luttrell were married in 1987 in Mississippi. The wife came from a well-to-do family, since her grandfather had started Bryan Foods, which later became part […]
Read More»Ice Water Marks End of 27 Yr Relationship & Order of Protection
- At May 13, 2014
- By Miles Mason
- In Divorce Process, Family Law
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Tennessee law case summary on orders of protection hearing in family law from the Court of Appeals. Anna Lois Long v. Sammy Lee Brown – Tennessee orders of protection Anna Lois Long and Sammy Lee Brown lived together for 27 years in a house owned by Brown. Two days before Christmas in 2012, Brown got […]
Read More»What About Taxes in Tennessee Divorce?
- At May 12, 2014
- By Miles Mason
- In After Divorce, Divorce, Pre-divorce Planning
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With so many decisions to make in any divorce, Tennessee couples often forget there will be tax reporting changes, too. Their decisions on custody and child support, alimony, and the division of marital property are all important matters with short-term and long-term consequences. And all of those concerns could have an impact on the parties’ […]
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