Teresa’s Story

At October 22, 2019
By Miles Mason
In Divorce, Family Law, Recommended Reading
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Losing Motions Not Grounds for Judicial Recusal

Tennessee case summary on recusal in divorce. Pamela Diane Stark v. Joe Edward Stark The wife in this Shelby County, Tennessee case filed for divorce in 2018. The husband was a Memphis police officer, and the wife was an attorney working for the district attorney general. The wife made a claim that the husband committed […]

You or Your Attorney Should Show Up for Your Divorce Trial!

Tennessee case summary on showing up for your divorce trial. Lewis Creed Jackson v. Sharon Smith Jackson The husband and wife in this Putnam County, Tennessee, case had been married for 25 years at the time of their 2012 separation and had one minor child, 11 years old. The husband filed for divorce, and the […]

Insufficient Evidence to Find Allegedly Bigamous Marriage Void

Tennessee case summary on validity of marriage in divorce proceedings. Kathy Fowlkes v. Flora Fowlkes The petitioner in this Dyer County, Tennessee, case was born in Tennessee in 1970. A month later, her parents married and moved to Arizona. The parents later separated and the mother returned to Tennessee. The father later informed the mother […]

Finding a Divorce Lawyer Who Can Handle Opposing a Narcissist

Hiring the right attorney to deal with a narcissist is key. Finding divorce lawyers specializing in and familar with narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder. Extrication from the clutches of a narcissist means finding a divorce lawyer who can handle opposing that personality type in court. This advice goes beyond mere suggestion. Hiring the right attorney […]

Tennessee Lawmakers Cannot Appeal Same-Sex Divorce Case

Tennessee case summary on same-sex marriage and divorce. Sabrina Renae Witt v. Erica Christine Witt The spouses in this same-sex marriage were married in Washington, DC, in 2014. During the marriage, by their agreement, one of the spouses became pregnant through artificial insemination, and a child was born in 2015. The other spouse was not […]

$2M Handshake Deal Is Dissipation | $4M Gifts to Wife Are Separate

At June 11, 2018
By Miles Mason
In Divorce, Property Classification, Property Valuation
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Tennessee case summary on dissipation, gift and separate property, and valuation in divorce. Kisha Dean Trezevant v. Stanley H. Trezevant, III The husband and wife in this Shelby County, Tennessee, case were married in 1990. They had two daughters, both of whom had reached the age of majority by the time of the divorce trial. […]

Tennessee Mandatory Injunction Law – Willful, Deliberate Violations, PART FOUR

This is the final segment in our four-part series on Tennessee’s mandatory injunction law. As with Part One, Part Two, and Part Three, we continue to focus on judicial interpretation, application, and enforcement of injunctive orders in divorce and legal separation cases. How are spouses who violate the divorce injunction held accountable? Mainly through contempt […]

TN Mandatory Injunction Law | Cash Flow and Concealed Assets, PART TWO

In Part Two of our series on Tennessee’s mandatory injunction law, we review the issues of maintaining cash flow and concealing assets in divorce. What consequences follow a spouse’s failure to disclose funds received from a retirement account deemed a marital asset? When does such nondisclosure intentionally violate the injunction? And how should the court […]

Tennessee Mandatory Injunction Law | Changing Life Insurance Beneficiaries, PART 1

Tennessee’s mandatory injunction law first went into effect in May 2001 and is found in T.C.A. § 36-4-106(d). This statutory injunction, or stay, is automatically invoked in divorce and legal separation cases. Three purposes for the injunction are: “(1) to eliminate the need to address the judge about [how] to maintain the ‘status quo’ through […]