Miles Mason, Sr. Wins Joe Henry Writing Award from TBJ
- At October 20, 2024
- By Kathryn Owen
- In Child Custody, Child Support, Family Law, News
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At this year’s Tennessee Bar Association annual convention in Memphis, I was awarded the prestigious Justice Joseph W. Henry Award for Outstanding Legal Writing. The award, named for a former chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court, is presented to the writer of the “most outstanding” Tennessee Bar Journal article of the previous year. It is […]
Read More»Husband to Pay Alimony After Financial Duplicity and Alcohol Abuse
Tennessee alimony divorce case summary after 7 years married. Andrew Francis Tittle v. Deidre Lyn DeYoung Tittle The parties in this Williamson County, Tennessee, case met in Michigan, and moved to Tennessee in 2014, after the husband was offered a position with his father’s company overseeing operations in the region. They married in 2014 and […]
Read More»Appeals Court Affirms Child Support Case Despite Pro Se Mother’s Grievances
- At August 12, 2024
- By Kathryn Owen
- In Child Support
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Tennessee case summary on child support and judge recusal in divorce and family law. Nedra R. Hastings v. Larry M. Hastings The child in this child support case was born in 2004, and the State of Tennessee filed an action to establish child support. Litigation followed over the years, including a 2020 hearing before a […]
Read More»Dad in Contempt For Not Paying $69K in Child Support
Tennessee child support enforcement and collection case summary. Jamie M. Lazaroff (Coons) v. David A. Lazaroff, Sr. The mother and father in this Rutherford County, Tennessee, case were married in 2001. They had two children, born in 2001 and 2002, and they separated in 2002. The mother filed for divorce in Tennessee in 2006, the […]
Read More»Mom’s Claim for Past-Due Child Support Requires Evidentiary Hearing
Tennessee child support collection case summary. Susan M. Austin v. Tommy Joe Richmond The child in this Fayette County, Tennessee, case was born in 1999. In 2010, the mother was named primary residential parent. The child’s private school expenses were to be borne by the mother, with the father paying $353 per month child support, […]
Read More»High Income Parents & Child Support Guidelines
An analysis of Tennessee child support appellate opinions discussing deviations for high-income parents by Brendan Woodruff, Summer Law Clerk July 12, 2023 Upward Deviation Upheld Stack v. Stack, No. M2014-02439-COA-R3-CV, 2016 WL 4186839 (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 4, 2016) Tennessee Family Law Blog: https://memphisdivorce.com/tennessee-child-support-laws/income-determination-tennessee-child-support-laws/withdrawals-principal-trust-count-income-purposes-tn-child-support/ Mother and Father were divorced in Montana in 2012. The couple […]
Read More»“Regrettable Confusion” From Clerical Errors Did not Deprive TN Court of Jurisdiction
Tennessee child support collection case summary. Katherine Mechelle Stooksbury v. Matthew D. Varney The parties in this Knox County, Tennessee, case were never married, but were the parents of one minor child. In 2017, the court recognized the father as the parent, set the child support obligation, and set a permanent parenting plan. The father […]
Read More»Disengaged TN Dad Gets Only Limited Parenting Time
Tennessee child custody case summary in divorce. Evon Kay Creger v. Daniel William Creger The mother in this Rutherford County, Tennessee, case filed for divorce in 2019. The parties were married in 2005 and had two daughters. She asked to be named primary residential parent. She later sought an order for protection. The father filed […]
Read More»Court Refuses to Hear Dad’s Claim That He Overpaid Child Support
Tennessee child support case summary on credit for prior overpayment. Guillermo Ramos v. Mellanie Caldwell The parents in this Montgomery County, Tennessee, case had two children when they divorced in Kentucky in 2011. The father was ordered to pay child support. He subsequently moved to North Carolina, and the mother moved to Tennessee. In 2017, […]
Read More»Wife With Health Problems Entitled to Alimony After 21 Year Marriage
Tennessee alimony divorce case summary after 21 years married. Olivia May Marcel v. Brad Joseph Marcel The husband and wife in this Coffee County, Tennessee, case were married in 1999 and had two children. The wife began to have health issues in 2016 and was diagnosed with multiple heart issues. The wife filed for divorce […]
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