Supreme Court Allows Dad to Take Daughter to AZ for New Nursing Job
Tennessee parent relocation Supreme Court of Tennessee case summary. Cassidy Lynne Aragon v. Reynaldo Manuel Aragon In 2015, the Tennessee Court of Appeals decided the second appeal in this parental relocation case. The Court of Appeals had affirmed a ruling naming the child’s mother as the primary residential parent after the father had sought permission […]
Read More»Mom Gets Custody Because of Stronger Bond With Child
- At June 27, 2017
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Custody
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Tennessee child custody case summary in divorce. Bettina Luise Lippert Engh v. Daniel James Engh The mother and father in this Tennessee case were married in 2007 and had one child in 2011. Shortly after the birth of the child, the father lost his job at Vanderbilt University. The parties agreed that he would be a […]
Read More»Alimony Case Sent Back After Wife’s Expenses Determined Were Padded
Tennessee alimony divorce case summary after 27 years married. William Stuart Davis v. Cathy Denise Davis The husband and wife in this Williamson County, Tennessee case were married in 1988 and had two children, both of whom were over the age of majority at the time of the parties’ 2015 divorce. During the marriage, the […]
Read More»Grandparents Cannot Intervene in Parental Rights Termination Case
- At June 21, 2017
- By Miles Mason
- In Grandparent Rights
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Tennessee child custody case summary on grandparent visitation rights. In re: C.H. This was a parental rights termination case from Jefferson County, Tennessee. The child was born in 2010 and lived in a home with the parents, aunt, older cousin, and maternal grandparents. In 2014, the child was removed from the home due, in part, to […]
Read More»Grandmother Awarded Visitation After Mom Ignores Calls and Texts
- At June 20, 2017
- By Miles Mason
- In Grandparent Rights
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Tennessee child custody case summary on grandparent visitation rights. Monica Chamberlain v. Myra Danielle Brown In this Tennessee grandparent visitation case, the parents lived with the paternal grandmother when the child was born until the child was 2-1/2 years old. In 2011, the mother, father, and child moved out of the grandmother’s house. The next year, […]
Read More»Name Change in Custody Case Hinges on Best Interests of Children
- At June 19, 2017
- By Miles Mason
- In Family Law, Father's Rights
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Tennessee case summary on name change in Tennessee family law. Nathan Z. Vinson v. Kristin Denise Ball, et al. In this Cumberland County, Tennessee, child custody case, the biological parents agreed to an order in 2010 naming the mother as the primary residential parent, with the father having visitation rights. The mother sent the two […]
Read More»Mom Can Relocate with Child to Colorado Despite Viability of New Job
Tennessee parent relocation law case summary. Cheryl Ellen Mouton v. Michael Mouton The mother and father in this Hamilton County, Tennessee, case were divorced in 2015. They had two children who were seven and fifteen years old at the time of trial. Under the permanent parenting plan, the mother was named as the primary residential […]
Read More»Relocation Granted Mom and New Husband Get Jobs Out of State
Tennessee child custody case summary on relocation law in divorce. Nove Kephart, Sr., v. Daniela F. Schwarzer Kephart The mother and father in this Tennessee parental relocation case were the parents of two children. Under the 2012 divorce decree, the mother was named the primary residential parent. After the divorce, she remarried. After a modification, the […]
Read More»Double Dipping in Tennessee Divorce Means Double Trouble (Part II)
- At June 05, 2017
- By Miles Mason
- In Divorce, Property Division
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In the first segment of this series, the double dipping debate in family law cases was introduced with several Tennessee examples illustrating the potential for trouble. Double dipping, or double counting, occurs when an asset that is divided as marital property in divorce is also included as a source of income in calculating alimony or […]
Read More»Double Dipping in Tennessee Divorce Means Double Trouble (Part I)
- At May 03, 2017
- By Miles Mason
- In Divorce, Property Division
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In Tennessee divorce, all marital assets should be equitably divided between the spouses. Double dipping theory as applied to certain of those assets can have a substantial impact on the outcome. More to the point, in this series of articles we will be discussing double dipping into divided marital assets – namely pensions, retirement accounts, […]
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