When Residence and Family Business Were Housed on Property, it Became Marital Asset
- At March 27, 2024
- By Miles Mason
- In Divorce, Property Classification
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Tennessee case summary on property division classification in divorce. Kelly R. Harris v. Lonnie C. Harris The husband in this Knox County, Tennessee, case purchased about 15 acres of property in 1987, and paid $97,000, about eight years before his marriage. Prior to the marriage, the wife worked for the husband as secretary. About six […]
Read More»Divorced Couple’s Home to Be Valued at Time of Sale, Not Time of Divorce
Tennessee case summary on property division after divorce. Taylor Brocato (now Dunn) v. Kyle Young The husband and wife were divorced in Montgomery County, Tennessee, in 2019, and the final decree incorporated their Marital Dissolution Agreement (MDA). Among other things, that agreement provided that when their house was sold, the wife would receive “half of […]
Read More»Husband Committed Dissipation When He Paid Off Personal Judgment With Company Assets
Tennessee case summary on property division classification, valuation, and dissipation in divorce. Eric Wayne Barton v. Mechelle Scholmer Barton The husband and wife in this Blount County, Tennessee, case were married for 18 years. They met when the husband was stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC, where the wife was employed at the base PX. They […]
Read More»Wife Entitled to Half of Business Income Overlooked at Trial
- At March 22, 2024
- By Miles Mason
- In Divorce, Property Classification
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Tennessee case summary on property division classification in divorce. Wanda Sue Averwater v. James Paul Averwater The husband and wife in this Rutherford County, Tennessee, case were married in 1992, while both worked for a construction company. Three years later, they started their own company. The wife filed for divorce after 27 years. The parties […]
Read More»TN Statute Does Not Allow Attorney’s Fees for Divorce Property Division Issues
Tennessee case summary on attorney’s fees for property division enforcement after divorce. Virgil Lee Parker v. Paul J. Parker The husband and wife in this Bradley County, Tennessee, case were divorced in 2021 on the grounds of irreconcilable differences. The parties executed a marital dissolution agreement dividing their property. The husband came back to court […]
Read More»House Was Marital Property Despite Being Purchased With Husband’s Funds
Tennessee case summary on property classification in divorce. Joe Riley Prichard v. Rhonda Kay Prichard The husband and wife in this Dyer County, Tennessee, case were married in 2006 and had one child. The husband had worked since a young age at Caterpillar, but when the plant shut down, he became an insurance salesman. The […]
Read More»Wife Gets Half of Secret Day Trading Account Despite Claim that Girlfriend Was Half Owner
Tennessee case summary on asset valuation and division in divorce. Meredith Lee Taylor v. Christopher Bryan Taylor The parties in this Lincoln County, Tennessee case were married in 2007 and had one son, who was born in 2016. When the wife learned that the husband was having an affair, she filed for divorce in 2020. […]
Read More»TN Divorce Property Division Sent Back to Lower Court for Detailed Findings
- At June 21, 2023
- By Miles Mason
- In Divorce, Divorce Process, Property Division
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Tennessee case summary on property division in divorce. Dora Bannor v. Philip Bannor The husband and wife in this Hamilton County, Tennessee, case were married in Ghana in 1998. They had three children, two of whom had reached the age of majority when the wife filed for divorce in 2017. The husband was a medical […]
Read More»Tennessee Divorce: Law Firm Valuation Case Summaries
Selected law firm valuation in Tennessee divorce appellate cases summarized. Julie C.W. v. Frank Mitchell W., Jr. No. M2019-01243-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Feb. 26, 2021). Husband was partner at Bass, Berry & Sims law firm, and wife was a staff attorney at the same firm. Wife’s expert witness, Vic Alexander, CPA, testified that husband’s interest […]
Read More»Who Gets the Pets During a Divorce?
- At April 25, 2023
- By Miles Mason
- In Divorce, Family Law, News, Property Division
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Family lawyer Joe Smith joins Gina Neely, host of “Bluff City Life” on Action News 5, to discuss the laws associated with pet ownership in divorce. https://youtu.be/D-aNQgGfOLYVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Who Gets the Pets During a Divorce? (https://youtu.be/D-aNQgGfOLY) Thank you, Gina for having Joe back on your show.
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