Grandparents Must Show Substantial Harm to Children In Order to Retain Custody
Tennessee child custody case summary on grandparent opposition to parent. John Beaumont Jones v. Samantha Rose Jones The mother and father in this Maury County, Tennessee, case were married in 2013 and had two children, born in 2010 and 2016. In 2018, the father filed for divorce. Because of the divorce and drug issues, the […]
Read More»Grandparents Failed to Show Harm to Child from Denial of Visitation
- At December 09, 2022
- By Miles Mason
- In Grandparent Rights
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Tennessee child custody case summary on grandparent visitation. Visitation granted by Juvenile Court. Overruled by Court of Appeals. In re Houston D. The child in this Tipton County, Tennessee, Juvenile Court case was born to unmarried parents in 2014. Up until 2018, the paternal grandparents provided care for the child about twice a week. But […]
Read More»Court Failed to Find Whether Father Abused Child
- At December 07, 2022
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Custody
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Tennessee child custody case summary. Samuel Randall Friedsam, III, v. Frankie Michelle Krisle The child in this Rutherford County, Tennessee, case was born in 2016 to unwed parents. The mother allowed the father unsupervised time with the child until a visit when the child was three months old. The father called to report that the […]
Read More»Inappropriate Tik Tok Videos Not Enough to Change Custody
Tennessee child custody case summary. In re B.C. The child in this Lake County, Tennessee, juvenile court custody case was born in 2016 to unwed parents. The parties agreed to a parenting plan under which the mother was named the primary residential parent, with the father having 182 days of parenting time. In 2020, the […]
Read More»Mom’s Move Approved But Cost Her Parenting Time
Tennessee child custody modification case summary. Heather Anne (Coats) Emch v. Edward Glen Emch The mother and father in this case moved to Wilson County, Tennessee, shortly before the birth of their daughter. A year later, they entered into a marital dissolution agreement and permanent parenting plan. Under that plan, the parents had alternating weeks […]
Read More»Award of Custody to Dad Not Supported
- At November 28, 2022
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Custody, Divorce, Divorce Process
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Tennessee case summary on custody in divorce. Matthew Reyes Camacho v. Jessica Lynne Camacho The father in this Maury County, Tennessee, case filed for divorce in 2020 when the children were about 10 and 13 years old. Initially, the trial court found that the mother should enjoy temporary custody, with the father having visitation. The […]
Read More»No Judicial Recusal for Saying Mom Hurt Kid’s Relationship w/ Dad
Tennessee case summary on judicial recusal. Lee Richard Slotnik v. Shani Marie Slotnik The parents in this Tennessee, case were divorced in Illinois, after which both moved to Tennessee. In 2017, the father filed a petition in Davidson County to enroll the divorce decree, and he also requested a modification of the visitation. The Court […]
Read More»Dad Gets More Parenting Time But Loses Mom’s Relocation w/ Child
Tennessee parent relocation granted case summary. Westley Murel Hall v. Megan Leigh Hall The mother and father in this Sumner County, Tennessee, case were divorced in 2019 and were the parents of one child, born in 2015. Under their agreed-to permanent parenting plan, the mother was named the primary residential parent, with the father exercising […]
Read More»Unmarried TN Same-Sex Domestic Partner Lacks Standing to Assert Parental Rights
- At August 03, 2022
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Custody, Family Law
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Tennessee case summary on custody, de facto parentage, and same-sex parentage in divorce. Christina Jane Compher v. Dana Janelle Whitfield The two parties in this case were living in Maryland in 2002 when they began a committed personal same-sex relationship and domestic partnership. They were never married, and in 2004, they moved to Tennessee with […]
Read More»Victory at Court of Appeals by Smith and Buie
- At July 23, 2022
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Custody, News
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Congratulations to Miles Mason Family Law Group associate attorneys Joseph W. Smith and William G. Buie IV on their victory before the Tennessee Court of Appeals! We represented the mother, a California resident, in a complex multi-state child custody dispute involving the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, (“UCCJEA”) and the Uniform Interstate Family […]
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