Great Aunt & Uncle Are Not Grandparents for Visitation Rights

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 […]

Grandparents Entitled to Presumption of Harm When Mom Died

Tennessee grandparent visitation case summary. Jeanie Morgan Beltz et al. v. Brett Anthony Heffner The mother in this Jefferson County, Tennessee, grandparent visitation case died eight days after the birth of the child. The mother’s parents visited the child at the father’s house twice a week and sometimes on the weekends. However, about two months […]

Dad Has Superior Rights Over Grandmother

Tennessee child custody case summary regarding parental rights. Dustin W. Brown v. Sarah Farley The child in this Cumberland County, Tennessee, case was born in 2010. In 2014, the State of Tennessee filed a paternity action on behalf of the father. The maternal grandmother had previously been granted custody of the child, and in 2015, […]

Dad Granted Custody Over Grandparents After Release From Prison

Tennessee child custody case summary on grandparent rights. In re Christian S. This Marshall County, Tennessee, case involved the custody of an 8-year-old boy. The maternal grandmother and her husband had raised the child since he was one year old, and had legal custody under a court order. The child’s father had been incarcerated at the […]

Grandmother Visitation Rights Limited When Interfere with Rights of Mom

Tennessee gradparent visitation case summary. In re Diawn B. The child in this Rutherford County, Tennessee, case was born in 2015 to unwed parents. When the child was seven weeks old, the father died in an automobile accident. The paternal grandmother initially had contact with the child, but the relationship with the mother soon turned […]

No Grandparent Visitation After Mom’s Death Absent Interference with Visits

Tennessee child custody case summary on grandparent visitation and life insurance proceeds. Rose Coleman v. Bryan Olson – Tennessee divorce Auto Injunction and GP Visitation The husband and wife in this Montgomery County, Tennessee, case were married in 2007 and had a child the next year. In 2012, the wife sued for divorce. Under Tennessee law, […]

2018 TN Legislative Update: Child Marriage, Grandparent Visitation, Orders of Protection, Plus More

At July 30, 2018
By Miles Mason
In Attorney's Fees, Child Support, Domestic Violence, Family Law, Grandparent Rights, Marriage, News
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Immediately apparent from this 2018 legislative update is how busy the Tennessee Assembly has been with revising family law statutes. A series of Public Chapters were signed into law by Governor Haslam earlier this year. The new legislation impacts child marriage, grandparent visitation, orders of protection, parental responsibility for a child’s health insurance coverage, testimony […]

No Visitation Rights for Grandparents Since Visitation Never Totally Cut Off

Tennessee child custody case summary on grandparent visitation. Graham Clark, et al., v. Timothy Curtis Johnson The mother and father in this case were the parents of four children, both biological and adopted. The mother had suffered various health problems, but she suffered a sudden turn for the worse in 2015 and died that year. Before […]

Grandparent Visitation Statute Applies Even If Other GPs Adopted Child

Tennessee grandparent visitation case summary. Marvin Seibers, et al., v. Carol Latimer At the time of the 2016 filing of this Campbell County, Tennessee, case, the two children (born in 2009 and 2012) were in the custody of their paternal grandmother. The children had previously been removed from the care of their biological mother due […]

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 […]