Grandparents Not Entitled to Visitation After Children Adopted
Tennessee child custody case summary on grandparent visitation in divorce and family law. Roger Judd, et Al., v. Kaylee Powell, et Al. The Tennessee Grandparent Visitation statute grants Visitation rights to grandparents if visitation is not allowed by the custodial parents. But there is an important limitation in that statute: If a child is adopted […]
Read More»Mom Serves Jail Time for Contempt But Allowed to Relocate Child
Tennessee child custody case summary on relocation in divorce and family law. Jonathan Garrett Grace et al., v. Elizabeth Ann Baker Grace The parents in this were married in 2010 and had one child. When the child was one year old, they divorced in Kentucky. The judgment was subsequently registered in Montgomery County, Tennessee. From […]
Read More»Mom Allowed to Relocate to Germany With Children
Tennessee child custody case summary on relocation in divorce and family law. James Henry Whitaker, II, v. Viktoria Moor The parents in this Lincoln County, Tennessee, case were divorced in 2018, and the mother was named the primary residential parent of the two minor children. The father was granted 144 days per year of parenting […]
Read More»Dad Gets Sentence Reduced in Contempt Case
- At May 02, 2025
- By Kathryn Owen
- In Child Custody, Grandparent Rights
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Tennessee child custody case summary on grandparent visitation in divorce and family law. Justin Zachery Conners v. Kelly Suzanne Hahn The parents in this Williamson County, Tennessee, grandparent visitation case were divorced in 2017. The mother was named primary residential parent of the child, who had been born in 2012. Three months later, the mother […]
Read More»Custody Case Must Be Re-Tried After Trial Judge Limited Evidence
- At April 30, 2025
- By Kathryn Owen
- In Child Custody
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Tennessee case summary on custody in divorce. In re Remington G. The child in this Maury County, Tennessee case was born a month after the mother married her partner, and the child took the spouse’s surname. This stepmother was also listed as the child’s father on the birth certificate. The mother initially didn’t make the […]
Read More»Tracking 2025 Family Law Legislation in Tennessee
Get a jump on 2025 family law legislative changes and updates in the 114th Tennessee General Assembly and signed into law by the Governor. NEW LAWS IN 2025 Protective Orders and the Voyeurism Victims Act Governor Lee signed the “Voyeurism Victims Act” into law on March 25, 2025 (Public Chapter 62). Unlawful photography victims who […]
Read More»Mom Allowed to Move One Child, But Other Remains with Dad
Tennessee child custody case summary on relocation in divorce and family law. Rachel Poyner Hight v. Billy Hugh Hight The mother and father in this Madison County, Tennessee, case were divorced in 2021. Under their agreed parenting plan, the mother was named the primary residential parent of their children, a daughter born in 2008 and […]
Read More»Court’s Lien Against Property Not Void for Lack of Jurisdiction
- At April 23, 2025
- By Kathryn Owen
- In Child Custody, Divorce
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Tennessee case summary on jurisdiction and custody in divorce. Victor Hugo Hernandez v. Jodie L. Land The father in this Williamson County, Tennessee case was a California resident, and filed a petition to domesticate and modify a California child-custody decree, as the children lived in Tennessee with the mother. As part of the proceeding, the […]
Read More»Dad With Two Conflicting Court Orders Can’t Be Found in Contempt
Tennessee child custody case summary on grandparent visitation in divorce and family law. James Elton Gillies, et al., v. Rebecca Noelle Mitchell Gillies The father in this Warren County, Tennessee, case was sentenced to jail for contempt by Juvenile Court Judge Ryan J. Moore after withholding visitation to the child’s grandmother. But the father had […]
Read More»Grandmother Fails to Show Severe Emotional Harm
- At April 15, 2025
- By Kathryn Owen
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Tennessee child custody case summary on grandparent visitation in divorce and family law. Deborah Fly et al., v. Haley Rae Fly et al. The mother in this Wilson County, Tennessee, Juvenile Court case was divorced from the biological father and was granted sole custody. Subsequent to the divorce, she moved in with her father, who […]
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