Former Husband Must Pay Former Wife’s Attorney’s Fees Despite Some Success
- At January 22, 2021
- By Miles Mason
- In After Divorce, Attorney's Fees
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Tennessee case summary on attorney’s fees in post-divorce action. Julie (Carden) Sexton v. Jason Vincent Carden The husband and wife in this Hamilton County, Tennessee, case were divorced in 2010, and their agreed parenting plan called for joint custody of their two sons. This was modified three years later when the wife returned to court […]
Read More»Father’s More Flexible Work Schedule Not a Change of Circumstances
Tennessee child custody modification case summary. Benjamin G. Palmer v. Jennifer J. Palmer The mother and father were the parents of a daughter born in 2010. In 2012, they were divorced in Montgomery County, Tennessee. The trial court named the mother the primary residential parent and awarded her 330 days per year parenting time. The […]
Read More»Dad Gets Modified Custody and Equal Parenting Time of Daughter
- At January 20, 2021
- By Miles Mason
- In Custody Modification
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Tennessee child custody modification case summary. Jacob Daniel Drucker v. Colleen Erin Daley The mother and father in this Rutherford County, Tennessee had one daughter, who was born in 2008. They agreed to a parenting plan, and in 2009, the court entered an order incorporating that plan. The mother was named the primary residential parent. […]
Read More»Divorce Court has Jurisdiction Over Gaza Strip Real Estate
Tennessee case summary on jurisdiction over real estate in divorce. Fatma Adel Sekik v. Nehad Abdelnabi, et al. The wife in this Knox County, Tennessee, case was from Cairo, Egypt, and the husband was from Palestine. They married in Egypt and moved to the United States where they had four children. The husband owned a […]
Read More»Property Owned by Doctor Before Marriage Ruled Marital Assets
Tennessee case summary on marital or separate property in divorce. Louise Helen Pack Dover v. Norris Lee Dover The husband and wife in this Knox County, Tennessee, case were married in 2000 and had two children. The husband was an anesthesiologist, and the wife was mostly a stay-at-home mom during the marriage. The husband had […]
Read More»Divorce After Husband Charged with Trying to Have Wife Murdered
Tennessee divorce case summary. Leslie Burnett Montgomery v. Gary Alan Montgomery The husband and wife in this Davidson County, Tennessee, case were married in 2002 and had no children. It was the husband’s second marriage and the wife’s first. The wife filed for divorce in 2016, alleging among other things an attempt on her life. […]
Read More»Business Property, Even if Gift to Wife, Transmuted to Marital Property
Tennessee case summary on property division classification and transmutation in divorce. Wanda Sue Binkley v. Allen Dale Binkley The husband and wife in this Montgomery County, Tennessee, case were married in 1986. The wife filed for divorce in 2017, and the case went to trial before Judge Ted A. Crozier late that year. After a […]
Read More»Divorce Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Determine Property Interest of LLC which is Not Party to Case
Tennessee case summary on property division and business valuation in divorce. Thomas John Pitera v. Samantha Pitera The husband and wife in this Blount County, Tennessee, were married in 1998 when the husband was in the Marine Corps and the wife was employed on base. Starting in 2005, the husband was employed as a contractor […]
Read More»Gifts to Wife During Marriage Are Her Separate Property
Hanover v. Hanover, 775 S.W.2d 612 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1989). In this 1989 case, after 31 years of marriage, the husband was granted a divorce on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. Among other issues, the wife argued that many pieces of personal property were her individual property, and that the trial court had […]
Read More»Property Lost Prior to Divorce No Longer Exists and Can’t Be Marital Property
Flannary v. Flannary, 121 S.W.3d 647 (Tenn. 2003) In the run-up to Y2K, Mr. Flannary decided that the couple’s money wasn’t safe in the bank. Therefore, starting in September 1999, he started making withdrawals, either $8000 or $10,000 at a time, in hundred-dollar bills. He placed the money, totaling $48,000, in his bedroom drawer, with […]
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