2022 Pillars of Excellence | Get Your Tickets NOW!
- At July 26, 2022
- By Miles Mason
- In News
0
2022 Pillars of Excellence Joseph W. Smith, Associate Attorney with the Miles Mason Family Law Group, is proud to serve on the University of Memphis School of Law Alumni Association’s Board of Directors and helps fundraise for our law school with this outstanding event to be held on Saturday, August 20, 2022 FedEx Forum. 6:00 […]
Read More»Victory at Court of Appeals by Smith and Buie
- At July 23, 2022
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Custody, News
- 0
Congratulations to Miles Mason Family Law Group associate attorneys Joseph W. Smith and William G. Buie IV on their victory before the Tennessee Court of Appeals! We represented the mother, a California resident, in a complex multi-state child custody dispute involving the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, (“UCCJEA”) and the Uniform Interstate Family […]
Read More»Joseph W. Smith, Chair of the TBA Family Law Section
- At July 23, 2022
- By Miles Mason
- In News
- 0
The Miles Mason Family Law Group is pleased to announce that Joseph W. Smith has been named Chair of the Tennessee Bar Association’s Family Law Section for 2022-23. The TBA Family Law Section brings together practitioners who share a common interest in family law updates and legislative initiatives. In addition, the section provides educational programming […]
Read More»Supporting Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins
- At June 30, 2022
- By Miles Mason
- In News
- 0
Please join us for a Fundraiser for Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins making the final push for the election. Shelby County, TN Chancery Court, Part 3. Wednesday, July 6 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Alan Crone’s home: 2826 Lombardy, Memphis, TN 38111 Host Committee: Alan Crone, Bruce McMullen, Bill Walk & Miles Mason, Sr. All donations […]
Read More»Attorneys’ Involvement in Judge’s Campaign Fundraiser Didn’t Mandate Recusal
- At June 22, 2022
- By Miles Mason
- In Uncategorized
- 0
Tennessee case summary on judicial recusal in divorce. Sallie Lunn Tarver v. John Kirk Tarver The husband and wife in this Shelby County, Tennessee, case were divorced in 2017. In late 2021, the husband filed a petition to modify the final decree, and additional motions and petitions were soon filed by both parties. In 2022, […]
Read More»Mom Handed Attorney Fee Bill After Lying In Court About Drinking
Tennessee child custody modification and attorney’s fees case summary. Christina Ann Standley v. Carl Anthony Standley When the parties in this Williamson County, Tennessee, case divorced in 2014, the trial court entered a permanent parenting plan under which the mother was named primary residential parent. She was also awarded decision making authority and the majority […]
Read More»Residency Restriction in TN Divorce Decree Was Appropriate
Tennessee case summary on divorce & custody. Michael Charles Smallbone v. Jennifer Elizabeth Smallbone After 14 years of marriage, the father filed for divorce in Williamson County, Tennessee, in 2018. Both parents asked to be named primary residential parent of the three minor children. The mother requested joint custody with equal parenting time, but the […]
Read More»Pregnancy Is Not Duress for Pre-Nup Defense
Tennessee case summary on pre-nuptial agreements (pre-nups) and property division classification in divorce. Prenuptial Agreement Held Valid and Enforceable Barbara Matthews Law v. Halbert Grant Law, Jr. The husband and wife in this Hamilton County, Tennessee, case executed a prenuptial agreement the day before their 1992 marriage. The wife filed for divorce in 2017. The […]
Read More»Court Sorts Out Divorce Claims of ORNL Spouses
- At June 09, 2022
- By Miles Mason
- In Attorney's Fees, Divorce, Property Division
- 0
Tennessee case summary on divorce. Edna Gergel v. James Gergel The husband and wife in this Anderson County, Tennessee, case were married in 1997 and had one daughter, who was 13 years old at the time of their divorce. Both had advanced degrees and worked at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The wife worked […]
Read More»Award of Portions of Husband’s Military Pension Held Void
Tennessee case summary on military benefits after divorce. Brenda S. Harper v. William H. Harper The husband and wife in this Montgomery County, Tennessee, case divorced in 2003, while the husband was a member of the U.S. Army. The final decree stated that the wife would receive half of the husband’s military retirement, which the […]
Read More»
