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, […]
Read More»Dad Not Voluntarily Underemployed Leaving Lucrative Oil Job in Angola
- At April 27, 2017
- By Miles Mason
- In Income Determination
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Tennessee child support case summary on income determination and voluntary underemployment. Emily Mae Kelly v. Ryan Marshall Kelly In this Lewis County, Tennessee, divorce case, the trial court in 2012 entered a permanent parenting plan naming the mother the primary residential parent of the parties’ daughter, who was eleven years old at the time. The […]
Read More»57 Yr Old Wife Awarded $2K/Mo Alimony From 76 Yr Old Husband
Tennessee alimony divorce case summary after 21 years married. Paul Thomas Jackson v. Susan Denise Jackson The husand and wife in this Crockett County, Tennessee, divorce case were married in 1993. It was the husband’s third marriage and the wife’s second, and no children were born of the marriage. For the majority of the marriage, […]
Read More»Dad Must Pay $25,000 in Attorney Fees
- At April 25, 2017
- By Miles Mason
- In Attorney's Fees
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Tennessee case summary on attorney’s fees award. Shane Seth Ghorley v. Brandi Lynn Ghorley The mother and father in this Monroe County, Tennessee, case were divorced in 2013. They had three children, but one was over the age of majority at the time of trial, which took place in 2014 and 2015. The mother was […]
Read More»Mom Retains Custody Despite Work as Legal Prostitute
- At April 24, 2017
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Custody
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Tennessee child custody case summary. C.W.H. v. L.A.S. This juvenile case from Hamilton County, Tennessee, came before the Tennessee Court of Appeals two times. The father had asked for an emergency change of custody after learning that the mother had been working as a licensed prostitute in Nevada. The trial court modified the parenting plan and […]
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