Wife Not Entitled to House Brought to Marriage by Husband
Tennessee alimony divorce case summary after 15 years married plus property classification of house. Safronia Rufsholm v. Jerry Rufsholm The husband and wife in this Montgomery County, Tennessee, case were married in 2000. They had no children, although the wife had children from a prior marriage. The husband was retired from the military and drew […]
Read More»Wife Gets 54% Property Split of Assets After 14 Year Marriage
- At December 17, 2018
- By Miles Mason
- In Property Division
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Tennessee case summary on property division in divorce. Erika Louise (Brown) Dewald v. Baya Paul Dewald The husband and wife in this Wilson County, Tennessee, case married in 2002 and had one son, born in 2004. During the marriage, the wife worked outside the home on and off. She obtained a real estate license which […]
Read More»Wife Entitled to Dollar Value of Account as of Divorce, Not Percentage
Tennessee case summary on property division after divorce. Kathryn Lynn Jones v. Gary Edward Jones The husband and wife in this Tennessee case were married in 1990, and the wife filed for divorce in 2011. A trial was held, and the case went to the Tennessee Court of Appeals. The issue on that appeal was […]
Read More»Divorce Court Cannot Look at Trust Assets; Separate Property Awarded to Wife
Tennessee case summary on commingling and trusts in divorce. Desiree Daniels Disterdick v. John Disterdick The husband and wife in this Hamilton County, Tennessee, case were married in 1986. The wife filed a complaint for divorce in 2012, and the case was eventually heard by Judge L. Marie Williams after the recusal of another judge. […]
Read More»Military Pension Included By Plain Language in Divorce Settlement
Tennessee case summary on military pension dispute after divorce settlement. Kathlene Denise Roberts v. Willie Dino Roberts, Jr. The wife filed for divorce in 2012 in Montgomery County, Tennessee, and asked the court to enforce a settlement agreement executed in 2008. The agreement provided that the wife would be entitled to 50% of the husband’s […]
Read More»Deferred Compensation & Divorce: Retirement Accounts and Self-Employed Spouses | PART FOUR
Classifying deferred compensation as marital or separate property in Tennessee divorce is not a simple matter. In this final segment, we explore the court’s handling of a self-employed spouse’s SEP-IRA. And how income and appreciation on a former spouse’s already-divided deferred compensation plan should be considered for purposes of child support. Lastly, we’ve included a […]
Read More»On Appeal, Court Will Not Carve Out Appeal of Just Military Pension
Tennessee case summary on military retirement in divorce. Theresa Aileen Blount v. Howard Paul Blount, III The husband and wife in this Roane County, Tennessee, case were married in 1985. The husband was in the military and continued to serve until 1997. Shortly after he left the military, the wife filed for divorce. They agreed […]
Read More»$2M Handshake Deal Is Dissipation | $4M Gifts to Wife Are Separate
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. […]
Read More»Stipulated Date When Property Valued Remains Even Over Lengthy Time
Tennessee case summary on property division and classification in divorce. Melody Crunk Telfer v. George Curtiss Telfer The husband and wife in this Tennessee case were married in 1985, and the wife filed for divorce in 2010 in Williamson County. There were numerous disputes over the status of the parties’ assets, and the case was appealed […]
Read More»Deferred Compensation & Divorce: Premarital Assets, Post-Marital Valuation | PART THREE
In this third installment in our series about the treatment of deferred compensation in Tennessee divorce, we continue working through the various challenges these assets pose to courts, attorneys, and their clients. Part One was an overview of various retirement plans and fringe benefits falling within the scope of deferred compensation. Included were select provisions […]
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