No Custody Jurisdiction After Child Out of TN for Six Months

At September 23, 2019
By Miles Mason
In Custody Modification, Divorce Process, Family Law
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Tennessee child custody case summary on jurisdiction (UCCJEA) and custody modification. Amber Ada Hernandez v. David Alan Hernandez The mother and father in this McNairy County, Tennessee. Case were divorced in 2006. The mother was named the primary residential parent, with the father having co-parenting time every other weekend. In about 2014, the father moved […]

Claim For Attorney Fees Survives Dismissal of Complaint

Tennessee case summary on attorney’s fees. Felicitas Hayes v. Christopher Daniel Scoggin The mother and father in this Shelby County, Tennessee, case had four children at the time of their 2013 California divorce. Over the next six years, they were back in court in four states regarding various custody disputes. The father moved to North […]

Premarital Savings Account Became Marital Property Due to Commingling

Tennessee case summary on property division and classification in divorce. Dana Darnell v. Mark Darnell The husband and wife in this Bradley County, Tennessee, case had been married for about five years by the time of their 2017 divorce. It was the second marriage for the wife, who had received a piece of real property […]

Court Must Make Fact Findings Before Changing Custody

Tennessee child custody modification case summary. In re Makinna B. The child in this Montgomery County, Tennessee, case was born to unmarried parents in 2014. The father then filed a petition to confirm parentage. Before the hearing was held, the father moved to St. Paul, Minnesota to live with his father and go to school. […]

Wife’s Need Must Subtract Her Earning Capacity

Tennessee alimony divorce case summary after 23 years married. Richard Alan Pearson v. Christen Creighton Pearson The husband and wife in this Shelby County, Tennessee, case were married in 1995. The parties had two children, and the wife had three children from a prior marriage, but all of the children were adults when the husband […]