Can’t Review Property Division Without Classification / Valuation Findings
Tennessee case summary on property division in divorce. Isa Neely Artry v. Lester Ray Artry The husband and wife in this Shelby County, Tennessee, case were married in 1992 and had one adult child. The husband was a firefighter, and the wife worked part time for FedEx. They also owned a styling salon from which […]
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Tennessee case summary on marital property definition and classification in divorce. Melanie Miller Hollis v. Charles Myers Hollis, Jr. The husband and wife in this Bradley County, Tennessee, were married in 1996, and the wife filed for divorce in 2018. The husband was a financial advisor for UBS, and a major client was the Church […]
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Tennessee case summary on classification law in divorce. Debra Jean Griffith-Ball v. Stanley Lauren Ball After 34 years of marriage, the husband and wife in this Montgomery County, Tennessee case were divorced. Early in the marriage, the husband had been a car salesman and served in the Army Reserves, while the wife owned her hairdressing […]
Read More»Pregnancy Is Not Duress for Pre-Nup Defense
Tennessee case summary on pre-nuptial agreements (pre-nups) and property division classification in divorce. Prenuptial Agreement Held Valid and Enforceable Barbara Matthews Law v. Halbert Grant Law, Jr. The husband and wife in this Hamilton County, Tennessee, case executed a prenuptial agreement the day before their 1992 marriage. The wife filed for divorce in 2017. The […]
Read More»Husband Gets 27% of Wife’s Teacher Pension as Agreed
Tennessee case summary on pension and retirement division in divorce. Robert Martin Thompson v. Christie Lee Thompson For more discussion of this case, and the financial principles involved, see Rob Vance’s guest blog, Application of the Coverture Fraction to a Deferred Distribution of a Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (“TCRS”) Pension Plan. The husband in this […]
Read More»Wife Gets Share of Husband’s Railroad Pension, But Court Must Use Correct Language
Tennessee case summary on pension division in divorce. Stacy Renee Lofton v. James Warren Lofton This was the second divorce for this Obion County, Tennessee, couple. They were remarried in 2009, but the wife filed for divorce in 2019. She was granted a divorce on the grounds of inappropriate marital conduct in 2020. The trial […]
Read More»Divorce Settlement Not Subject to Reformation Due to Alleged Mistake
Tennessee case summary post-divorce. Cynthia Lawrence v. Thomas Lawrence The husband and wife in this Shelby County, Tennessee, case were married in 1989 and had four children. The wife filed for divorce in 2017, and the parties successfully mediated the case, and the trial court approved their agreement in 2018. The next year, the wife […]
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Tennessee alimony divorce case summary after 25 years married. Brent Landon Carter v. Shannon Dale Carter The husband and wife in this Overton County, Tennessee, case were married in 1995, and had two children, both of whom have reached the age of majority. The husband and wife lived on a 212-acre farm owned by the […]
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Tennessee case summary on divorce. Kacy Collums Davis v. Richard E. Davis, Jr. The husband and wife were married in 2003 and had five children, the eldest of which were from the wife’s first marriage and adopted by the husband. They separated in 2013 and the wife filed for divorce in 2013 in Shelby County, […]
Read More»Gift of Real Estate Partnership Was Marital Property When Gifted During Marriage
Tennessee case summary on property division, classification, and valuation in divorce. Carolyn Diane Long v. Steven Lawrence Long The wife filed for divorce in Cumberland County, Tennessee, in 2014. The trial court divided the parties’ property and there was a first appeal to the Tennessee Court of Appeals, which remanded the case to Judge Larry […]
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