Self Employed Car Dealer Needs Detailed Evidence of Actual Income
- At April 30, 2018
- By Miles Mason
- In Income Determination
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Tennessee child support case summary on income determination. In Re Britton H-S. The child in this Montgomery County, Tennessee, Juvenile Court case was born to unwed parents in 2014. The father filed a petition to establish a permanent parenting plan and alleged that he was unaware of the child’s whereabouts. The mother answered, and requested […]
Read More»Deferred Compensation & Divorce: IRAs, Military Pensions, Disability Insurance Benefits, and Marital Nexus | PART TWO
In Tennessee law, deferred compensation includes a spouse’s income deferred by the employer for already-performed work, functioning as a “substitute for life savings.” See Gragg v. Gragg, discussed later. When earned during the marriage, a deferred compensation plan may be a divisible marital asset along with any appreciation, or increase in value, that also happened […]
Read More»Ex-Wife Never Removed as Beneficiary and Collects Life Insurance
- At April 25, 2018
- By Miles Mason
- In After Divorce
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Tennessee case summary on life insurance proceeds after divorce. Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company v. Mary Beth Johnson, et al. In 2001, the husband in this Tennessee case enrolled in a retirement and life insurance plan though his employer and named his wife the beneficiary. They divorced in 2002, and the marital dissolution agreement […]
Read More»Spouse Entitled to Portion of Sevicemembers Pension Despite Disability
- At April 23, 2018
- By Miles Mason
- In Military, Property Division
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Tennessee case summary on military pension in divorce. Joanna Marie Vlach v. Gregory Alan Vlach The husband and wife in this Montgomery County, Tennessee, case were married in 1982 and divorced in 2002. Their divorce judgment incorporated a marital dissolution agreement which divided the husband’s U.S. Army pension. It provided that the wife would receive […]
Read More»Woman Recieves Order for Protection Against Facebook Stalker
- At April 18, 2018
- By Miles Mason
- In Domestic Violence
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Tennessee case summary on stalking and protective orders. Shayla Nicole Purifoy v. Devine Mafa The petitioner in this Shelby County, Tennessee, order for protection case was a legal services attorney who had testified in an unrelated order for protection case in 2013. A few months later, she received a Facebook friend request from the respondent […]
Read More»More Parenting Time for Mom After Dad Converted to Messianic Judaism
- At April 16, 2018
- By Miles Mason
- In Custody Modification
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Tennessee child custody modification case summary. Christen Nicole Pankratz v. Dion Pankratz The mother and father in this Cheatham County, Tennessee, had one child, born in 2011, and were divorced in 2015. At the time of the divorce, the parenting plan named the mother as primary residential parent, with each parent having equal parenting time. […]
Read More»Postnuptial Agreement Ruled Valid and Supported Lawyer Fees
- At April 11, 2018
- By Miles Mason
- In Postnuptial Agreement
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Tennessee case summary on post-nuptial agreements in divorce. Belinda Butler Pandey v. Aneel Madhukar Pandey The husband and wife in this Davidson County, Tennessee, case had been married for 15 years when the wife filed for divorce in 2013. They had three children, two of whom had special needs. In 2011, the parties had entered […]
Read More»Mom Guilty of Criminal Contempt for Disparaging Dad in Front of Kids
- At April 09, 2018
- By Miles Mason
- In After Divorce, Child Custody, Family Law
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Tennessee child custody case summary on contempt after divorce. Sheridan Nichols (formerly Crockett) v. Richard David Crockett, Jr. The parenting plan in this Washington County, Tennessee, case provided that both parents had the right to be free from unwarranted derogatory remarks by the other party in the presence of the child. In 2015, the father had […]
Read More»Dad Loses Custody After Finding Parental Alienation
- At April 04, 2018
- By Miles Mason
- In Custody Modification
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Tennessee child custody modification case summary after divorce and finding of parental alienation. Ferryl Theresita McClain v. Richard Perry McClain The mother and father in this Washington County, Tennessee, case were the divorced parents of two children, who were sixteen and seventeen years of age at the time of this post-trial proceeding. Under their 2001 […]
Read More»Wife Gets Half of Husband’s Military Pension Despite Ambiguous Order
Tennessee case summary on military retirement benefits in divorce. William August Lockler, III, v. Pamela Michelle Barr Lockler The husband and wife in this Tennessee case were married in 2002 and divorced in 2007. The final 2007 judgment stated that if the wife was entitled under federal law to receive any portion of the husband’s […]
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