Big Divorce Mistake #1: Not Getting Financial Disclosures Under Oath
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wYY0ws2HuQEVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Get Financial Disclosures Under Oath: #1 Big Divorce Mistake (https://youtube.com/watch?v=wYY0ws2HuQE) Obtaining financial disclosures under oath from your spouse is a great first step. That can be in response to interrogatories or an affidavit. If your spouse lies under oath, it will help make a better case for […]
Read More»Texas Custody Case After Abduction & No Show for Deposition
Texas child custody, abduction, and attorney’s fees case summary. Claudia Susana Martinez Jardon v. Gerd Pfister The husband and wife in this El Paso County, Texas, case were married in 2004 and had one child. The mother filed for divorce in 2013, and most issues were resolved in a 2015 temporary order. At trial, however, […]
Read More»GAL Having Been Law Clerk Not Bias for Judicial Recusal
Tennessee case summary on judicial recusal. Catrice Thomas Dye v. Willie B. Dye, Jr. The parties in this Shelby County, Tennessee, case were divorced in 2019. Less than a month after the final decree was entered, the mother filed a petition to amend the judgment based upon new evidence. She also requested that the 16-year-old […]
Read More»Transitional Alimony Appropriate After 26 Yr Marriage
Tennessee alimony divorce case summary after 26 years married. Elizabeth Jane Knizley v. Andrew Carlton Knizley The wife in this Williamson County, Tennessee, case filed for divorce after almost 27 years of marriage. The parties’ property included a car collection, and the valuation opinions differed by more than $1.5 million. Before trial, the parties were […]
Read More»Knowing the Judge Not Enough for Judicial Recusal
- At January 16, 2020
- By Miles Mason
- In Divorce Process
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Tennessee case summary on judicial recusal in divorce. Donald Eugene Winder, III v. Kara Elizabeth Winder In October, 2019, this divorce case from Meigs County, Tennessee, was decided by the Tennessee Supreme Court. The Court of Appeals had previously held that the trial judge had not given sufficient reasons for denying a motion for recusal. […]
Read More»Mom Must Pay Attorney Fees After Appeal Deemed Frivolous
Tennessee case summary on attorney’s fees on appeal in divorce. Christopher James Terrazzano v. Alecia Ann Terrazzano At the time of their marriage in 2013, the father in this Putnam County, Tennessee, case was in the U.S. Navy, stationed in Cookeville, Tennessee. Six months later, he was transferred to Hawaii. The mother, however, was unable […]
Read More»Tracy Coenen’s Lifestyle Analysis in Divorce Cases, Second Edition
The American Bar Association Family Law Section recently published the second edition of Tracy Coenen’s invaluable resource Lifestyle Analysis in Divorce Cases: Investigating Spending and Finding Income and Assets. Coenen’s book clearly explains the lifestyle analysis, an important but often confusing calculation of income and expenses in a divorce case, often used to establish parties’ […]
Read More»Court Docs From Another Case Not New Evidence For New Trial
Tennessee case summary on property division and standard for new trial in divorce. Sonya Lee Westbrooks v. Earl Lavon Westbrooks The husband and wife in this Hamilton County, Tennessee, case had been married for twenty years when the wife filed for divorce in 2013. The trial took place in 2017. The husband had a retirement […]
Read More»Judge Must State Reasons for Denying Motion to Recuse
- At November 27, 2019
- By Miles Mason
- In Divorce Process
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Tennessee case summary on judicial recusal. Donald Eugene Winder, III v. Kara Elizabeth Winder The husband in this Meigs County, Tennessee, case filed for divorce in 2019. The next day, the parties filed a marital dissolution agreement and permanent parenting plan. However, three months later, the wife filed a notice to withdraw the agreement and […]
Read More»NM Supreme Court Abolishes Spousal Privilege | Criminal Case
- At October 21, 2019
- By Miles Mason
- In Divorce Process
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New Mexico case summary on spousal privilege: evidence law. State of New Mexico v. David Gutierrez II Jose Valverde was shot dead in Clovis, New Mexico, in 2002. The case remained unsolved for 13 years, when David Gutierrez II was indicted for the murder. Gutierrez had told two people about his role in the crime. […]
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