Grandparents Cannot Intervene in Parental Rights Termination Case

Tennessee child custody case summary on grandparent visitation rights. In re: C.H. This was a parental rights termination case from Jefferson County, Tennessee. The child was born in 2010 and lived in a home with the parents, aunt, older cousin, and maternal grandparents. In 2014, the child was removed from the home due, in part, to […]

Grandmother Awarded Visitation After Mom Ignores Calls and Texts

Tennessee child custody case summary on grandparent visitation rights. Monica Chamberlain v. Myra Danielle Brown In this Tennessee grandparent visitation case, the parents lived with the paternal grandmother when the child was born until the child was 2-1/2 years old. In 2011, the mother, father, and child moved out of the grandmother’s house. The next year, […]

TN Appeals Court Can’t Decide Grandparent Visitation Case Without More

Tennessee grandparent visitation rights case summary. Sven Hadjopoulos, et al., v. Alexandra Sponica, et al. The child in this Tennessee grandparent visitation case was born in 2006 to an unwed teen mother. In the child’s early years, she spent time with her maternal grandparents, although the amount of time was disputed. When the mother and […]

TN Great Grandparents Received Adequate Visitation

Tennessee grandparent visitation rights case summary. In re Dayton R., et al. In 2015, the Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled that great-grandparents were included within the definition of “grandparents” under the Tennessee grandparent visitation statute. After reaching that conclusion, it sent the case back to the trial court to determine the exact visitation rights that […]

Great-Grandparents Also Have Grandparent Visitation Rights in Tennessee

Tennessee law case summary on great-grandparent visitation rights in family law from the Court of Appeals. In re: Dayton R. – Tennessee divorce grandparents’ visitation The issue in this Tennessee grandparent visitation case was whether great-grandparents qualify as “grandparents” under the Tennessee grandparent visitation statute. The children were born in 2003 and 2006 and were […]

TN Grandparents Can’t Get Visitation Unless Mom Denies It

Tennessee law case summary on grandparent visitation rights in divorce and family law from the Court of Appeals. In re Landon R.W. – Tennessee grandparents’ rights. This was a grandparent visitation case, in which the grandparents, Danny and Donna W., filed a petition to establish a parenting plan for their grandson, Landon R.W. The child […]

TN Grandparents Denied Visitation When They Fail to Show Specific Harm

Tennessee law case summary on grandparent visitation in divorce and family law from the Court of Appeals. Richard McGarity v. Corbin Jerrolds – Tennessee divorce grandparents visitation This was a grandparent visitation case between pitting the biological mother and adoptive father of a three-year-old child against the paternal grandparents. After the mother divorced the child’s […]

Grandparents Denied Visitation When No Harm to Child Shown

Tennessee law case summary on grandparent visitation in divorce and family law from the Court of Appeals. Billy W. Huffman v. Whitney Nichole Huffman – Tennessee divorce grandparents visitation. The child in this grandparent visitation case was born in 2010. The grandparents (the mother’s parents) alleged that they babysat 3-5 days per week while the […]

TN Supreme Court Clarifies Grandparent Visitation Statute

Tennessee law case summary on grandparent visitation in divorce and family law from the Supreme Court. Neal Lovlace v. Timothy Kevin Copley – Tennessee divorce grandparents visitation. The mother and father of a two year old child were divorced in 2004. The mother was designated as the primary residential parent, and the father, who had […]

Tennessee Court Denies Grandparent Visitation After Christmas Lawsuit

Tennessee law case summary on grandparent visitation rights in divorce and family law from the Court of Appeals. Kimberly Lou Uselton v. Jessica Walton – Tennessee grandparent visitation denied The mother and father of the child in this grandparent visitation case were never married. The child was born in 2006. The mother lived in Tennessee, and the […]