Mason Speaking @ MBA Family Law Section April 19, 2023
Miles Mason, Sr. will be presenting the CLE for the Memphis Bar Association Family Law Section in April, 2023. Currently scheduled at The Capital Grille, 5:30 p.m. on April 19, 2023. Mason will discuss “Complex Assets & Financial Analysis in Divorce,” an advanced course on preparation and use of marital balance sheets in settlement and […]
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Tennessee case summary on property division in a short-term marriage and divorce. Naconda Kathleen Webb v. William Danny Webb The husband and wife in this Dyer County, Tennessee, case were married for only four years and had no children when the wife filed for divorce. When the case came to trial, the husband was 71, […]
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