Ask Alan Podcast: Alan Crone Interviews Miles Mason, Sr.
- At July 03, 2020
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Custody, Family Law, News
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=31RSpuVHqBEVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Ask Alan! The Podcast Episode 5: Alan Interviews Miles Mason | The Crone Law Firm (https://youtube.com/watch?v=31RSpuVHqBE) Thank you, Alan for having me on your podcast! On June 26, 2020, Alan Crone featured me on his podcast, Ask Alan. In the podcast, we discussed my history, and I […]
Read More»Unmarried Same-Sex Parent Had No Standing to Assert Visitation Rights
- At July 02, 2020
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Custody, Family Law
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Tennessee child custody case summary on same-sex couple but not married. Sandra Ann Pippin v. Christina Michelle Pippin In 2011, a child was born to one of the parties in this Wilson County, Tennessee, case. The biological mother had been artificially inseminated after her partner, also a woman, had made the mutual decision to have […]
Read More»Mom Alleged Violation of Anti-disparagement Clause But Child Too Young
Massachusetts child custody case summary on NON-DISPARAGEMENT CLAUSE. Shak v. Shak During divorce proceeding, mother filed a complaint for civil contempt alleging father violated the nondisparagement orders. The court declined to find father in contempt, found the orders constituted an unlawful restraint on speech, and issued new nondisparagement orders. Mother appealed. Held: “Assuming for the […]
Read More»Dad Failed to Prove Changed Circumstances Warranting Custody Change
- At June 15, 2020
- By Miles Mason
- In Custody Modification
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Tennessee child custody modification case summary. Ballard v. Ballard The mother and father in this Montgomery County, Tennessee, case were the parents of a four-year-old daughter at the time of their 2016 divorce. The mother was named the primary residential parent under a parenting plan that was modified by the parties in 2017. Under that […]
Read More»COVID-19 & Co-parenting: When It Hits the Fan
COVID-19, virus, parenting, co-parenting, visitation, and more. Chaos hits parenting plans requiring compromise and rational thought from parents. COVID-19 has changed just about every aspect of our lives. Daily and weekly routines have flown out the window. While family lawyers everywhere are without access to courts, clients are still calling us. They are asking many […]
Read More»Dad Gets Equal Parenting Time After Appeal
- At April 29, 2020
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Custody
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Tennessee child custody case summary in divorce. Wafa Badawi Hindiyeh v. Waleed Fawzi Abed In 2018, the Tennessee Court of Appeals tossed out a parenting plan that had given a father only 80 days per year of parenting time. The court had held that this parenting plan was inconsistent with the Tennessee statutes, which have […]
Read More»If You Qualify, You Want to File as Head of Household After Divorce
- At April 25, 2020
- By Miles Mason
- In After Divorce, Child Custody, Divorce Tips
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After divorce, filing head of household (as opposed to filing as a single person) can save you real money if you qualify. Unmarried? Keeping up a home? Itemized deductions on separate returns? Who are qualifying persons? What if a qualifying person died? Mason Comment 1: Although I am a CPA, I hire a CPA to […]
Read More»Teen Parents Get Roughly Equal Parenting Time
- At April 15, 2020
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Custody
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Tennessee child custody case summary. Tyler Cole Deaton v. Katlyn Nicole Williams The child in this Madison County, Tennessee, case was born in 2016 to unwed parents who had just graduated from high school. Following the birth, they moved into a “tiny” home in the backyard of the father’s parents. The mother left with the […]
Read More»Great Aunt & Uncle Are Not Grandparents for Visitation Rights
- At April 13, 2020
- By Miles Mason
- In Grandparent Rights
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Tennessee child custody case summary on grandparent visitation rights. In Re Claire C. The child in this Warrant County, Tennessee, case was born in 2012 to unwed parents. The father died when the child was about five months old. In 2018, the paternal great uncle and great aunt filed a petition under the Tennessee grandparent […]
Read More»Mom Can Relocate to AR, Despite Dad’s Objection
Tennessee parent relocation case summary. Chris Schaeffer v. Amanda Patterson The mother and father in this Shelby County, Tennessee, parental relocation case were never married but had a daughter born in 2015. Under the 2017 permanent parenting plan, the mother was granted 60% of the parenting time, with the father receiving the other 40%. In […]
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