NOTICE – New Law in 2018: Tennessee Parent Relocation Law Changed
Do to a new law passed in 2018, Tennessee’s parent relocation statute and law changed dramatically for all new parent relocation matters filed after July 1, 2018. This means that much of the prior case law discussing move away cases, especially involving parents who did not share roughly equal parenting time, is no longer valid […]
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Tennessee child custody case summary on parent relocation. Ronald Stringer v. Alecia Stringer The mother and father in this Tennessee parental relocation case were married in 1998, and moved often due to the father’s job as a preacher. Their daughter was born in 2006, and they separated in 2013. They were divorced in Texas in 2014, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Tennessee child custody case summary on parental relocation. Jon R. Ross v. Anna L. Rosswoods The mother and father in this Tennessee parental location case were the parents of a son born in 2002. The parenting plan entered after their 2005 divorce named the mother as the primary residential parent, but gave both parents roughly equal […]
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Tennessee child custody case summary on custody modification and parental relocation. Michael Watson v. Karla Myers The mother and father in this case were married in Illinois in 2003, had a child in 2004, and divorced in Oregon in 2006. By agreement, the Oregon court granted the mother sole legal custody. The mother remarried, and moved […]
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Tennessee parent relocation case summary. Katherine Sanko v. Clinton Sanko The husband and wife in this Tennessee parental relocation case were the parents of four children. At the time of their 2014 divorce, they lived in Chattanooga. During the marriage, the wife was a stay-at-home mother, while the husband pursued his legal career. The mother […]
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Tennessee child custody case summary on parent relocation. Quentin Elliott Lawrence v. Jessica Marcel Broadnax The child in this Tennessee parental relocation case was born in 2009, and the parents divorced in 2012. Under the parenting plan, the mother was named the primary residential parent, with the father receiving 104 days per year of co-parenting time. […]
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Tennessee case summary on parent relocation after divorce. Heather Dawn Lyons Hilig v. Robert Todd Heilig – Tennessee parent relocation granted The mother and father in this Chattanooga, Tennessee, parental relocation case were married in 1998. They cared for two foster children, born in 2000 and 2002. Prior to the divorce, the father legally adopted […]
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